two generators hooked up, one running
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 some...
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lane hog wrote:
The Honda manual for my twins says to disconnect the parallel kit only if I don't plan to resume parallel operations. It's not a hard "if you don't disconnect they will blow up" type warning. It's all in the nouns and verbs when it comes to the do' sand don'ts....
"Plan to resume parrallel operations"? how soon? minutes? hours? days?
Yeah, that's the kind of ambiguous language I would expect from lawyers, not engineers.
My Yamaha literature is even more vague.
What I'm going to do, just for a surplus of safety, is unhook the banana plugs on the down gennie, but leave the ground hooked up when I'm running one generator on the parallel connector cables.
