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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pitstop wrote:
I posted a question in a new thread a couple days ago and thought I'd ask here also.
I have the Champion C46540 and figured out that it is wired neutral floating, not bonded. I want to purchase a surge/voltage protector like the EMS HW30. However, Progressive Industries says that it doesn't work with some generators. Seems the protector senses open ground or polarity issue on gens without bonding. Progressive said I could make an adapter to tie them together at the gen, but I don't think that's a good idea.
Any ideas on how to provide protection from shore and genny malfunction in a TT?
Progressive Industries wrote:
Open neutral protection: If the source has an open neutral condition the display will not light, and will not allow power to the RV.
Open ground protection: If source power has an open ground condition the EMS will read an error code of E2 and will not allow power to the RV.
I suspect the C46540 will work OK with the HW30. But, if the above conditions develop with the HW30, you will need to bond the neutral and ground together or use their adapter as they advised.
While I am one who has strongly advocated NOT doing this for RV usage, I will concede that it should be safe IF you have the HW30 connected. The HW30 will sense a fault in either the genset or RV, if one should occur, and shut down your RV electrical supply.
