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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bobandcat wrote: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.
yes, from what i see the duplex has full power from both windings for 120v and can be used with a parallel pigtail to draw full power on one cord, so a dual plug to RV adapter will supply full amps qt 120
the 240 volt plug is 240 volts and is NOT hot when the switch is in the 120v position and cannot be used for 120 at full power on the twist lock, and would need a wiring change to get full amps at 120
but it's not necessary, since you can use the pigtail on the duplexs
