3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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CarNut wrote:
I think getting 110V out of the Power Pro 220 plug you only get half the available current. I opened my Power Pro up last night to see about re-wiring for the full amperage (connecting fields in parallel vs. series.) I was surprised how small the wires inside were, esp when the manual specifies wire size vs. length for cords. MrWizard wrote how to re-wire a few pages back (p.48). Red and white wires are spliced just out of gen head, so the white wire will need to be extended or spliced to the blue wire. I don't have a lot of confidence that one of these wires can handle full current output. I will have do some more investigating. Anyone have good reference for gauge vs. current?
Thanks for all the good info on this thread!
If you are asking about the magnet wire the gen head is wired with, I have no answers other than wire dia. is what gives the amp output for the head, not how much load the wire will handle. Part of what the rating for wire is determined by is the insulation that goes around the conductor. The insulation is the weak link so to speak,and that is where the rating comes from as far as amp capacity. The copper will handle much higher loads than the spec states, just the insulation will melt or burn at the temps created. because the insulation is so thin on mag wire it will disapate heat more easily therefore will handle more amperage. Now if the wires are exposed so you can reconfigure them, when you reconfigure them the wires will be run in parallel and will handle your load. Hope that someone can follow me on this one, it made sence to me, but...
Kevin
