two generators hooked up, one running

Led 67 wrote:

Rmack1 wrote:
On another thread, someone said that I would want to disconnect the parallel cables and plug directly into the generator if I only have one running.

I haven't been doing this. Is this harmful somehow? It seemed to work fine.

I have the adapter to plug my 30 amp power cable directly to the generator, but It would be more of a hassle to do that everytime I switched generators, or went from one to two running.

Just a thought but if you have a dedicated mount for your two generators then could you hook them to a switching panel to run only one or even both and avoid the hassle of plugging and unplugging.
As far as running them in paralell I have done it before on demo sites with a panel rigged up for power distribution. Just do not cross current paths or you will see fireworks.:B

I'm not even sure what a 'dedicated mount' is, so I probably don't have one.

I run them 'parallel' through the provided device. It has two 'banana' plugs and a U shaped clip that needs to be bolted on -I suspect it's a ground- for each generator. It then has a 30 amp receptacle that I plug my TT's power cable into.

I suspect I've been wasting gas by running both gens when I could have gotten by with one. Even if they both run at less RPMs when they are both on, I should get better gas efficiency with just one.