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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I would have bought the Champion, but a long story short. DD boy friend found this new Kenowa Gen. So my DW said I should buy it. Sooooo! I bought the Kenowa 4500E and it's 220 volt. It had two
12 amp breakers and would not run the A/C. I removed them and install two 15 amps. and it will run the A/C fine, but the A/C is on one winding and I'm thinking I need to rewire the gen for 120 volt only.
In order to disconnect the 220 volt plug and install a 30 RV plug and tie the winding together for a stronger 120 volt circuit. I think I will have to disconnect the two windings where they are tied together hopefully outside of the generator housing. I know it's hard to explain, but my question is. How do you know which side of the winding is the hot and which is the neutral? I hope this link shows.
Edit: I made a 10-4 cable and hooked to the 20amp 220 volt plug on the gen and have it wired to a 50 amp recepticle for the RV. The A/C feeds off one side of the circuit and the rest of the stuff on the other side of the circuit.
I would have bought the Champion, but a long story short. DD boy friend found this new Kenowa Gen. So my DW said I should buy it. Sooooo! I bought the Kenowa 4500E and it's 220 volt. It had two
12 amp breakers and would not run the A/C. I removed them and install two 15 amps. and it will run the A/C fine, but the A/C is on one winding and I'm thinking I need to rewire the gen for 120 volt only.
In order to disconnect the 220 volt plug and install a 30 RV plug and tie the winding together for a stronger 120 volt circuit. I think I will have to disconnect the two windings where they are tied together hopefully outside of the generator housing. I know it's hard to explain, but my question is. How do you know which side of the winding is the hot and which is the neutral? I hope this link shows.
Edit: I made a 10-4 cable and hooked to the 20amp 220 volt plug on the gen and have it wired to a 50 amp recepticle for the RV. The A/C feeds off one side of the circuit and the rest of the stuff on the other side of the circuit.
