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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this is a big thread, IF you read even 1/4 of it you will come to realize that even though your A/C started and ran on the 20amp plug, it is only using 1 of the 2 windings in the generator head to supply the power to the plug
using this genny that way, will work for a short while, but it like pulling your trailer uphill with 4 cyl of your v8, while the other for have the plug wires pulled and the plugs removed from the head. you will soon destroy your v8
doing this with your generator will soon destroy the genny, taking that much load several hot days in a row all day long, on one winding, the genny will fail on the hottest day IF not before
the simple rewire provided will make sure you use both windings in the genny head to get 120v power to all receptacles and guarantee you don't burn out the genny head wiring (the one winding being used) on the day you need it the most.
quite frankly we are surprised that, a generator with that wiring design is still being sold.
you will get an increased safety factor and increased reliability of the genny by changing the wiring.
for another analogy, you need to pull some stumps, you have (2) mules, 1 mule can do the job, working very hard, the other mule a little older cannot do it, both mules together make it an easy job for both,
do you let one rest and over work the ONE, (if the stronger mule dies from over work, you still have the lessor one
)or do you hook them both up and share the load.
but if the genny burns a winding its shot,gone, kaput, you have to buy a new one
those windings are the same size, but they put a bigger breaker on ONE side of the circuit, when you use the adapter in the twist lock, you are still using a winding designed for less power, its over fused, because the twist lock is supposed to be used only for 240 power, where both winding are being used for a pump motor or other 240 device
using this genny that way, will work for a short while, but it like pulling your trailer uphill with 4 cyl of your v8, while the other for have the plug wires pulled and the plugs removed from the head. you will soon destroy your v8
doing this with your generator will soon destroy the genny, taking that much load several hot days in a row all day long, on one winding, the genny will fail on the hottest day IF not before
the simple rewire provided will make sure you use both windings in the genny head to get 120v power to all receptacles and guarantee you don't burn out the genny head wiring (the one winding being used) on the day you need it the most.
quite frankly we are surprised that, a generator with that wiring design is still being sold.
you will get an increased safety factor and increased reliability of the genny by changing the wiring.
for another analogy, you need to pull some stumps, you have (2) mules, 1 mule can do the job, working very hard, the other mule a little older cannot do it, both mules together make it an easy job for both,
do you let one rest and over work the ONE, (if the stronger mule dies from over work, you still have the lessor one
)or do you hook them both up and share the load.
but if the genny burns a winding its shot,gone, kaput, you have to buy a new one
those windings are the same size, but they put a bigger breaker on ONE side of the circuit, when you use the adapter in the twist lock, you are still using a winding designed for less power, its over fused, because the twist lock is supposed to be used only for 240 power, where both winding are being used for a pump motor or other 240 device
