240V from 120V generator
I would love to be able to use the 6KW quiet diesel in my motorhome as a backup generator at the house. One problem is that the house needs 240V while the generator makes 120V. I have not had good l...
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allen8106 wrote:Groover wrote:
AC, furnace and well pump. I don't have any built in fossil fuel heat. Giving out of water would be the most painful.
I live out in the county also and this is the very reason why my well pump runs on 120 volt. I doubt your furnace is 240 volt. Your AC certainly is but not the furnace.
It may be an electric furnace, in which case it would certainly be 240V...and quite a bit of power, as well; or a heat pump. The poster did mention no fossil fuel heat, so it's not a propane or natural gas or oil furnace, and that pretty much leaves only electric resistance heat, a heat pump, or I guess perhaps wood or wood pellets.
