question about parallel generators
I have a 2300 generator that has a run speed of 1800 which is not enough to run my AC (30A). So my question is what is the smallest size generator I could use in parallel to bring it up to run the AC?...
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YOu mentioned the Run Speed of 1800 (1/2 of 3600) This suggests to me it is a standard traditional Generator. NOT an inverter Generator for they do not have a "Run speed" they change speed as the load changes.
Now .. I would not recommend you parallel it period
WHY. when you parallel two AC generators they must be precisely in phase. if they are out of phase bad things happen. These small ones do not phase lock well and may well go BOOM when you hook in the 2nd one.
Now DC generators.. Well DC is always in phase.. (Unless you hook it up backwards)
Really big generators (Think Niagra Falls Power Plant) those can be effectively phase locked.
Inverter generators do it automatically for the most part
But I do not think that one can be phase locked for parallelling.
BUT.. There is hope
Vector Electronics makes a battery/inverter/charger system desgned to do what you need. The inverter syncs to your generator and when it senses a sudden load it kicks in.. then drops back to charge the battery.
I do not have a bookmark,, SOrry.
Now .. I would not recommend you parallel it period
WHY. when you parallel two AC generators they must be precisely in phase. if they are out of phase bad things happen. These small ones do not phase lock well and may well go BOOM when you hook in the 2nd one.
Now DC generators.. Well DC is always in phase.. (Unless you hook it up backwards)
Really big generators (Think Niagra Falls Power Plant) those can be effectively phase locked.
Inverter generators do it automatically for the most part
But I do not think that one can be phase locked for parallelling.
BUT.. There is hope
Vector Electronics makes a battery/inverter/charger system desgned to do what you need. The inverter syncs to your generator and when it senses a sudden load it kicks in.. then drops back to charge the battery.
I do not have a bookmark,, SOrry.
