Honda 3000 Questions

[mobileray381]

Hello. I am new here and have my first post. I got a 2005 Laredo 5th wheel. The sticker by the power cord says 30 ampres. My plug has two slanted blades and a rounded extension which I figure is the ground.

Today I got a free Honda EU3000is from a guy cleaning out a closed up RadioShack. He said that it would run my RV as long as I did not use the air conditioner and microwave at the same time.

Don't know if that is right but thought its free, might as well take it.

I guess the EU3000 means it is from Europe and makes 3000 watts? Will this run my rig in the USA without problems?

I was going to try and add a picture from my Android tablet but haven't figured it out yet.

[robert_at_honda]

mobileray381 wrote:

Do all RadioShacks sell Honda's though?

No Radio Shack stores sell Honda generators. The store where the OP got one probably had it for stand-by power so they could stay open during a power outage.

Related, here's the link to find a Honda Generator dealer by ZIP code:
Find a Honda Generator Dealer

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I work for Honda, but the preceding is my opinion alone.
Robert@Honda

[mobileray381]

I see...parallel kit vs. cables. I checked out the link below and i got cables only. I do not have the add on hardware for 50amp like in this picture.

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I suspect I won't use the cables but its nice to have I guess.

Broccoli1 wrote:

mobileray381 wrote:
So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

Interesting...sounds bigger than I need.

2oldman wrote:
And parallel cables to boot. Man, congratulations, you really hit the lottery on this.

The cables allow the gens to act as one unit of 6kw. It's like paralleling batteries.

Yes/No: the Parallel Cables by themselves ONLY allow for 30amps- not much of an improvement.

You need the ParallelKIT which comes with a new 50amp receptacle that hangs on the generator.

http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/generator-parallel-capability

[time2roll]

mobileray381 wrote:
So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

Interesting...sounds bigger than I need.

If you connect two EU3000 in parallel you should have a full 30 amps continuous available at that outlet same as utility power. Single generator 23.3 amps only.

[Broccoli1]

mobileray381 wrote:
So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

Interesting...sounds bigger than I need.

2oldman wrote:
And parallel cables to boot. Man, congratulations, you really hit the lottery on this.

The cables allow the gens to act as one unit of 6kw. It's like paralleling batteries.

Yes/No: the Parallel Cables by themselves ONLY allow for 30amps- not much of an improvement.

You need the ParallelKIT which comes with a new 50amp receptacle that hangs on the generator.

http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/generator-parallel-capability

[BFL13]

mobileray381 wrote:
So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

Interesting...sounds bigger than I need.

2oldman wrote:
And parallel cables to boot. Man, congratulations, you really hit the lottery on this.

The cables allow the gens to act as one unit of 6kw. It's like paralleling batteries.

The Honda "3000" will supply a total of 2800 Volt-Amps (VA). The appliance plugged into it may have a power-factor to apply to the appliance's rated watts. If so, it will want more VA than its rated watts. You have to consider this when deciding if that 2800VA is enough supply.

You can get the 2800 from the 23.3a receptacle (at 120 volts).
If you are also running something from the 20a receptacle outlets that will reduce what you can get from the 23.3a outlet. They all share from the total.

If you go over the 2800 the circuit breaker will pop but the gen will keep running so you only notice it popped when your appliance quits or you notice the Honda's red light go on. To get power started again, you have to turn off the Honda and restart its engine.

[2oldman]

mobileray381 wrote:
So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

I don't own a 3kw, so I can't say. Usually, you plug the RV into the outlet provided on the parallel cables.

[mobileray381]

I don't know how accurate it was but there was a website that showed every RadioShack in the US when they announced they were shuttering a bunch and showed which ones were closing and which staying open.

Do all RadioShacks sell Honda's though?

[mobileray381]

So my single twist lock 23.3amp outlet would have more watts then coming from the second unit.

Interesting...sounds bigger than I need.

2oldman wrote:
And parallel cables to boot. Man, congratulations, you really hit the lottery on this.

The cables allow the gens to act as one unit of 6kw. It's like paralleling batteries.

[time2roll]

mobileray381 wrote:
This should work as best as I can tell. Anyone disagree?
My Adapter From Amazon

Good to go.


Dang I need to find some local Radio Shacks packing up all the worthless inventory :B

[Broccoli1]

mobileray381 wrote:
Sounds like I got a real good thing on my hands here. I checked out the link to buy the adapter after I already got one on amazon. This is what I got.

This should work as best as I can tell. Anyone disagree?
My Adapter From Amazon

That will work

[2oldman]

And parallel cables to boot. Man, congratulations, you really hit the lottery on this.

The cables allow the gens to act as one unit of 6kw. It's like paralleling batteries.

[mobileray381]

I also had this bag attached to the handle. I guess this would be for the big rigs with 2 air conditioners. Genny for each air conditioner connected to talk back and forth?

[BFL13]

mobileray381 wrote:
This is.............

Here is my generator plug-in area. 23.3A on the labeland 30Astamped on the plastic of the plug if you zoom in.

Here is ours we got in 2003. Interesting differences.

[BFL13]

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