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:
I finally got around to unboxing my Costco Alton generator and found what I think may be an issue with this generator.
MrWizard or Professor95 could you please look at this schmatic and tell me if it only uses one AC winding to power the 30amp twistlock outlet? It appears that it uses one winding for the 120v side and the other winding for the twistlock side. I am not real good at reading schmatics but it seems like it would make more sense to use one AC winding per 120 leg to the twistlock. Is this an "inferior" way to wire the generator? I believe the Champion is wired with one AC winding powering a side of the 240v twistlock. If you guys think this will be an issue please let me know and I will return it and hold out hope Champion comes to my area soon. Thanks
I looked at your wiring diagram. It is wired properly. The generator is using both windings to obtain 240 volts for the twist outlet. When you switch it to 120 volts, you have full power from both windings to your 120 volt outlets.
Each side is exclusive, meaning that when you are set to 240 V, your 120 V outlets are dead and when you are switched to 120 V, your 240 V outlet is dead.
I believe that Mr Wizard and the Professor will agree.
