3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

CCTAU wrote:

eightballsidepocket wrote:

CCTAU wrote:

yerlizard wrote:
John, actually I haven't popped a breaker yet, the generator cuts out than comes back on in about 10 seconds. this is after loading up over 15 amps, on a single outlet, I can take the grinder that put me over the limit and plug it in to the other outlet and it runs fine so you get 13.5 amps on each outlet.
I was kind of hoping to get full amperage out of one outlet for running a power saw. 18amp start up. I really like this generator, I was thinking of getting one of those 1.2kw 2 cycle jobs to keep in my work truck. Wildfire is the brand.

Is this the right type of adapter for an rv?

Please don't PM for an answer. Several of us out here have the same model and would like to know if we can combine the duplex plugs into one 30 amp plug. Mr. Wizard? Professor?

As a construction electrician, I would only have this input to your inquirey. Are the two duplex receptacles out of phase, or similar to the to a house electrical panel where you get your 220v from taping each side or phase of the 120/220v panel.

The breakers that are usually stacked one on another in house panel are each 120 volts to ground, but if you a tester on two adjacent breakers or their respective Buss bars that they are connected too, you should get 220 volts, as the bus bars alternately come from each side or 120 volt phase of your input or feed fromt he utility.

So turn on your genny, and put your tester leads in the hot slot of each duplex receptacle and if you get 220 volts you've got two receptacles from different taps of the gennie's windings.

The only thing if you looking for a 30 amp set-up. 220 volts is not the way to get it. The 30 amp receptacles are actually just 120 volts to ground, and a 220 volt set up will not give you that.

If the two duplex receptacles on your genny are separately breakered, then you could possibly do an additive system off of each duplex and draw more than 20 or 15 amps whichever way they duplexes are breakered. If they are both breakered off the same breaker, then your internal wiring is not designed to carry more than the 20-15 amp breakered current at 120 volts.

In order to get 30 amps or 220 volts some of these gennys may need to have their internal taps, splices redone. I'd be careful doing that unless you know your electric motor/generator wire tap configurations, and have a good quality tester to make sure.

My question to Mr Wizzard or the Professor was referring back to a specific model discussed in this post: PowerPro 3500

according to that drawing, that will work, that is the correct adapter for duplex us to 30 amp rv plug.

run the genset in 120 mode, use a voltmeter check each duplex blade slot to every other blade slot as long as nothing measures over 120 volts you are good to go