Re: More Qs on generator

On 8/13/2024 4:52 PM, sticks wrote:

On 8/13/2024 4:30 PM, Ted Heise wrote:
 

So here's an update.  I went by Menard's yesterday just to look at
what they had, and it just so happened that they had in stock the
Westinghouse unit (and no others of similar capacity).  Taking
that as a sign it was meant to be, I went ahead and bought it.
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Now a bit of dumbassery.  After adding oil and fuel, I could *not*
get it to start--despite *many* yanks on the cord.  I pulled the
spark plug to see if I'd flooded it, but it seemed fine.  Finally
it occurred to me that the red light on the control panel might
mean something.  It was the oil light, and when I added more oil
the unit started right up.  In fairness, the dipstick goes in
almost horizontally, so it's hard to read.  Plus the manual had
many warnings not to overfill.
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I took it to the trailer this afternoon, and it does indeed put
out enough power to charge the battery.  On the other hand, when I
tried running the AC (with pretty much everything else off) the
overload protection cut in.  So I guess if I want to run the AC
I'll need to try a soft start thingy.

 Yur makin' progress.
Looking forward to finding out if the soft start works for you.  I personally don't know anyone who uses one because of all having bigger generators.
 BTW, I can see where they (soft start) might come in handy at various camping joints.  Some of them have 20/30 amp sites.  Not sure exactly what they mean by that.  I'm assuming the choice of either a regular 110 volt 20 amp plug or the rounded 30 amp plug.  I can see where lots of people need 110, but not a 30 amp service, so it makes sense.  But, if the thing actually works, in a pinch you could stay at a site that only had the 20 amp service and still use it for your AC.
 

Most all campgrounds have separate 50 amp, 30 amp and 120v outlets. Not all have 50 amp but unless the campground is older than dirt, it will have 30amp.
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