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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FJ40Smurf wrote:Remember, you will not have 30 Amps available at 120V. The rated output of this generator is 3250 Watts so you will only have 13.5 amps available on each bus if you backfeed through an outlet like the one for the dryer. This will be enough for a furnace on one leg, but nothing else on the same leg. It will be important for you to "map your panel" so you know what loads you will be able to have on at the same time and which "leg" they are fed from. The BEST way is to not "backfeed" but to add a transfer switch/panel. It will keep you from damaging things and placing the line repairmen at risk from power that might get backfed into the grid. In most, if not all areas, it is illegal to backfeed without using a transfer switch.
I am only interested in the 240V 30A output side for a backfeed and won't use the duplex side.
Good Luck.
