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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Maurice,
You have two circuit breakers joined by a single tie bar (shown in yellow). There is nothing I can see that would tell me the amperage.
But, there is a third breaker for the 20 amp duplex outlet marked 20 amps (green). This leads me to believe that the breaker pair with the tie bar is in excess of 20 amps.
You cannot wire the generator directly into the MH unless you have a transfer switch. Your old Onan set-up may have included an automatic transfer switch. If it remains, it would be helpful to know the make and model number so I can look up a schematic. Otherwise, you will need to plug your 30 amp RV power cord into the generator when needed. You can do this by replacing the 15-30 twist lock outlet with a 30 amp TT outlet-- which will require enlarging the opening -- or making/buying an adapter to use the 15-30 outlet and change to a female 30 amp TT.
I don't know any other way to say this, so here goes...... You are an apparently intelligent and talented man. But, you are not applying that intelligence to the fuel feed situation. I will try one more time out of the interest of safety for you and your family. Please, DO NOT feed the Chinese generator carburetor with a single line pressurized fuel pump. You are getting this advice from someone who has studied the design of the carburetor and knows the risks, not a casual writer with JAFO. The float bowl in your carb is cheap, thin plastic, it is not soldered brass or nylon. These floats have a reputation for cracking with the stock fuel system. When they crack, they fill with gas and drop, allowing fuel to continuously flow. The needle valve and seat are not a matched set of neoprene seals. Again, a solid metal needle and cheap plastic seat. It is NOT designed for pressure. It will leak regardless of how well it has worked for the past few hours. When it leaks gasoline will run out of the vent in the side of the fuel bowl and drain down into the compartment. The vapors will accumulate in an ignition rich environment. Is it really worth the stubbornest against doing it right and the risk?
Everything else looks good.
You have two circuit breakers joined by a single tie bar (shown in yellow). There is nothing I can see that would tell me the amperage.
But, there is a third breaker for the 20 amp duplex outlet marked 20 amps (green). This leads me to believe that the breaker pair with the tie bar is in excess of 20 amps.
You cannot wire the generator directly into the MH unless you have a transfer switch. Your old Onan set-up may have included an automatic transfer switch. If it remains, it would be helpful to know the make and model number so I can look up a schematic. Otherwise, you will need to plug your 30 amp RV power cord into the generator when needed. You can do this by replacing the 15-30 twist lock outlet with a 30 amp TT outlet-- which will require enlarging the opening -- or making/buying an adapter to use the 15-30 outlet and change to a female 30 amp TT.
I don't know any other way to say this, so here goes...... You are an apparently intelligent and talented man. But, you are not applying that intelligence to the fuel feed situation. I will try one more time out of the interest of safety for you and your family. Please, DO NOT feed the Chinese generator carburetor with a single line pressurized fuel pump. You are getting this advice from someone who has studied the design of the carburetor and knows the risks, not a casual writer with JAFO. The float bowl in your carb is cheap, thin plastic, it is not soldered brass or nylon. These floats have a reputation for cracking with the stock fuel system. When they crack, they fill with gas and drop, allowing fuel to continuously flow. The needle valve and seat are not a matched set of neoprene seals. Again, a solid metal needle and cheap plastic seat. It is NOT designed for pressure. It will leak regardless of how well it has worked for the past few hours. When it leaks gasoline will run out of the vent in the side of the fuel bowl and drain down into the compartment. The vapors will accumulate in an ignition rich environment. Is it really worth the stubbornest against doing it right and the risk?
Everything else looks good.
