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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Cox89XJ wrote:professor95 wrote:
Bruce,
What is concerning me about rewiring your generator to parallel windings is the junction the schematic shows between the windings. If this is an "internal" connection then it is really more of a project than anyone but a motor/generator repair shop should accomplish.
Professor
As the old saying goes, “they made a mistake and wired it just like the print” which they did. The windings are connected internally. I removed the generator cover where it exposed the terminal block. Then disconnected the wires and check for continuity. Tracing the wires further they go into the winding. It would have been so easy if they had made the connection on the terminal block. Like I said in an earlier post. I made up a 10-4 cord and have the 220 volt plug wired to a 50 amp receptacle that I can plug the fifth wheel into. The generator came with 12 amp breakers and when the A/C would kick on it would trip that circuit. I replaced the two 12 amps with 15 amp Square D breakers and now the 13,500 btu A/C will run and not trip the breakers. The breaker that feeds the A/C also feeds the microwave. I know I won’t be able to run the micro while the A/C is on. The other side of the circuit feeds the rest of the RV. I just hope the windings on the A/C side of the generator hold up. Once the A/C starts and is running it should be below even 12 amp. I would check it with my amp meter, but the batteries for it are dead. I would like to thank you for your response and your contribution to this thread.
Thank you.
Bruce
Persistence pays off. I decided to tackle the generator winding again and was able to trace the wires where the two windings were joined together. I separated them and rewired the generator for 115 volt only disabling the 220 volt part. Installed a 30 amp RV plug in place of the 220 plug. All works well. One question. The generator is un-grounded and it reads approximately 58 volts to ground from both the hot and neutral even when it’s plugged into the RV. Is that okay? I’m thinking it is. I now have an electric start 4000 watt gen that will run my RV and not burn the windings up on the side that was feeding the A/C. Thanks for yall’s support.
