generator question [RE-wrenches]

[Nick Houser]

Kurt-----Well that's very interesting. I have a Honda 5KW Diesel and it
definitely matters what position the voltage selector switch is in. I'll
have to do some testing among my customer's Hondas and see if I can verify
or disprove your techie's advice. Thanks for the heads up---this would be a
good subject for an HP article.  NIck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sunwise" <sunwise at cheqnet.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: generator question [RE-wrenches]


> Nick Houser wrote:
>
> It IS important to avoid unbalancing the genset by
> loading one legg only when they have a splitphase output---with the
> SW4024 you need at least 6KW from the generator, a huge one if it's
> wired for 120/240 VAC, unless it has the voltage selector switch, like
> some of the Hondas.
>
> Hey Nick,
>
> I think there are even some gen-sets that have the 120/120-240 selector
> switch and still don't actually go to full output.  I did a system with
> an SW and a 5KW Honda backing up 1450 watts of PV.  I wasn't getting
> good charging amps and also didn't notice any difference switching the
> selector switch.  The techies at Honda told me that the switch didn't
> actually give full output at 120 only.  It sounded like I was talking to
> someone who should actually know and he stated I could not get over 2.5K
> output at a single 120 output regardless of switch position.  Could have
> been model specific -- Kurt
>
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