SugarHillCTD wrote:
If I am reading their press release correctly, a new EU2200 Companion is compatible with my existing EU2000.
Any EU-series can be connected together, and in more than just two in parallel. Three generators together, four, mixing a eu1000 + eu3000, doesn't matter. The inverter inside sync's the 60hz sinewave to any other EU-inverter model. I've personally tested it with a 2000 + a 1000.
Also worth noting - you do not need thier overpriced "Parallel Kit". You can do it with a double-ended male 15a plug. That's how I connect my two.
The "Parallel Kit" is there for safety - no end is exposed in those banana plugs should you unplug one end from one genny while the other is running. The schematic on any EU series generator shows the parallel plugs connected directly to the outlet, nothing special, and I've taken them apart to verify it.
So moral of the story, if you take Ole' Boaty's advise and make yourself a double-male 15a plug, don't go licking the exposed end while the other end is plugged into another running gen. Otherwise Charles Darwin and Nikola Tesla will intervene and have a laugh at your expense. Well, and me too.
Do a search on Youtube, lots of interesting vid's people doing all sorts of combo's and testing. Here's one
with (4) hooked togetherHere is the schematic of a 2000, clearing showing no magic or pixie dust involved in the "Parallel Plugs"--
