3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Elvis-N-Amy in Texas wrote:
OldFordMan;
MrWizard.
Thank you.
I have a 15A to 20 A adaptor I will try this afternoon. If everything in the RV is "Happy" I will fab in a 20 Amp outlet and then finish it's break in.

If there is information for this genset in this thread; shoot me a link. I do have a scope I can put on the genset to see how "dirty" it is. I assume all non inverter gen sets are a tad noisy

BTW; as was posted earlier; it was only about 1\2 full of oil; and would not start.

As always; a big thanx.

An odd observation.

I used a 15 to 20 Amp adaptor to test this genset. If seemed to run my 15K AC AND microwave with no issues. (Run voltage was staying at 125 VAC)
I swapped the dual 15 amp plug for a single 20 amp. I connected the two legs in the same manner and took the extra step to replace the wire at the junction box under the dust cover from 14 gauge to 10 gauge.

Now the Micro will not start but the AC does.
Measuring from hot to neutral = 125 VAC, Neutral to ground 60 VAC; ground to hot = 65 VAC

So; I have seen a post concerning this earlier on a 1200 watt genset.

"neutral on the generator is not bonded to ground

when measuring AC voltage you will measure 120 from neutral to hot

and aprox 60 volts AC between neutral and ground OR hot and ground

this is normal for the generator

"
Is this normal? I assume these are 60 VAC windings but in phase.

Thanks as usual.

Elvis