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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Professor95 - from this schematic (posted on page 197), in your opinion, does this gen. need an adapter connecting both sides of the duplex socket, or adapter to just one side of it to connect to the TT? I see a few conflicting posts on what should be done & am a bit confused (maybe more than a bit).
The schematic shown is for a switchable output, which is highly desirable and to your advantage.
The bridged adapter, which connects both duplex outlets to a single 30 amp TT outlet, gives you twice as much contact area on the duplex outlet. Since the duplex outlet on the generator is only rated for 20 amps and most "dogbone" style adapters have a plug only rated for 15 amps, the bridged adapter will be less likely to fail from heat generated by the resistance in the plug contacts.
To answer your question, "do I really need the bridged adapter?"
The answer is NO. In all probability a conventional adapter will work fine from your generator to TT outlet, But, the bridged outlet would be a nice accesory to have for your particular model generator.
