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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Well...
*Deep researching tells me I DO NOT WANT TO TIE THESE COMPONENTS TOGETHER....ISOLATING THEM IS NECESSARY.
(Thank you for you two responding..It lit a fire under my rear)
**So, being the cheap fabricator I am...I am going to utilize 2 dual metal boxes and 4 two pole 30 amp light switches to handle my scenario.
-This will be MY manual switching set-up:
INVERTER(in-line GFCI used and wired only with white(nuetral) and Black(hot) as professor mentioned)
-2000 watt Inverter will be wired directly to the same metal junction box as the Shore Power cord...BUT the Black/Hot wires from the Shore Power cord and the Inverter will be interupted by 1 of my metal boxes with two Switches.
(One of these switches will be mounted upside down in the metal box and the switches tied together by bracketing I fabricate so they can't be thrown individually, they only rock in the same direction/together.****FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN...when one switch is turning 1 circuit off, the other switch is turning 1 on, when the pair of switches is moved in the same direction:C)
*Throw the locked pair of switches left towards the Shore power Cord box and the Shore Power Cord is "Live" powering the House 120v Breaker Box....Throw the locked pair of switches towards the Inverter and now the Inverter is "Live" powering the House 120v Breaker Box.
GENERATOR
-Hard wire my generator AND Shore Power Cord to a standard outlet(for my Progressive Dynamics Battery Converter/Charger)....BUT interupt the Black/Hot wires for the Shore Power Cord and the Generator with 1 of my metal boxes and a pair of switches.
Note:
(I will be coming out of the outlet metal box with wiring to the original RV Style receptacle in a seperate metal box)
Same deal as above>>(One of these switches will be mounted upside down in the metal box and the switches tied together by something I fabricate so they can't be thrown individually.)
*Throw the locked pair of switches to the left towards the Shore Power Cord and Power to the outlet and RV receptacle is "Live" powered by the Shore Power Cord.
-(now battery charging can be done while plugged in with the Shore Power Cord)
*Plug the Shore power cord into the Shore Power Receptacle and throw the locked pair of switches to the right towards the Generator....now the House Breaker Box and outlet is "Live"...powered off the Generator.
-(now battery charging and house 120v items are powered off of the Generator)
*Deep researching tells me I DO NOT WANT TO TIE THESE COMPONENTS TOGETHER....ISOLATING THEM IS NECESSARY.
(Thank you for you two responding..It lit a fire under my rear)
**So, being the cheap fabricator I am...I am going to utilize 2 dual metal boxes and 4 two pole 30 amp light switches to handle my scenario.
-This will be MY manual switching set-up:
INVERTER(in-line GFCI used and wired only with white(nuetral) and Black(hot) as professor mentioned)
-2000 watt Inverter will be wired directly to the same metal junction box as the Shore Power cord...BUT the Black/Hot wires from the Shore Power cord and the Inverter will be interupted by 1 of my metal boxes with two Switches.
(One of these switches will be mounted upside down in the metal box and the switches tied together by bracketing I fabricate so they can't be thrown individually, they only rock in the same direction/together.****FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN...when one switch is turning 1 circuit off, the other switch is turning 1 on, when the pair of switches is moved in the same direction:C)
*Throw the locked pair of switches left towards the Shore power Cord box and the Shore Power Cord is "Live" powering the House 120v Breaker Box....Throw the locked pair of switches towards the Inverter and now the Inverter is "Live" powering the House 120v Breaker Box.
GENERATOR
-Hard wire my generator AND Shore Power Cord to a standard outlet(for my Progressive Dynamics Battery Converter/Charger)....BUT interupt the Black/Hot wires for the Shore Power Cord and the Generator with 1 of my metal boxes and a pair of switches.
Note:
(I will be coming out of the outlet metal box with wiring to the original RV Style receptacle in a seperate metal box)
Same deal as above>>(One of these switches will be mounted upside down in the metal box and the switches tied together by something I fabricate so they can't be thrown individually.)
*Throw the locked pair of switches to the left towards the Shore Power Cord and Power to the outlet and RV receptacle is "Live" powered by the Shore Power Cord.
-(now battery charging can be done while plugged in with the Shore Power Cord)
*Plug the Shore power cord into the Shore Power Receptacle and throw the locked pair of switches to the right towards the Generator....now the House Breaker Box and outlet is "Live"...powered off the Generator.
-(now battery charging and house 120v items are powered off of the Generator)
