Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "the sum of two 120V circuits with a common
neutral."
A residential utility feed has two hots and a neutral.
Either hot and the neutral give you 115-120v.
Both hots give you 230-240v.
Obviously, if you don't have three terminals on your generator that achieve the
same result, your generator can't feed a residential load center.
The question is, have you ever seen a 240v generator that didn't work as
described above?
My 1985 11hp Coleman/Briggs has hot, hot and ground, but the ground is also a
neutral, just like a utility feed.
My 2011 7hp Husky/Robin has hot, hot, neutral and ground, the first three
function just like a utility feed.
The 11hp Wacker/Honda I bought today has a three wire 240v outlet, I have yet to
determine whether the "ground" can be used as a neutral. The seller got it from
a storage unit auction 8 years ago, so it must be at least 10 years old, haven't
looked for the data plate yet.
Does anybody know anything about Wacker generators, other than they're super
expensive? Looks like internet price on my Waker 5.6 is about $2600 plus $200
for the wheel kit. I'm hoping the quality and durability is super high, like
Snap-On hand tools or old Mercedes-Benz. Mine looks somewhat beat, but the Honda
engine still has excellent compression.
Mitch.
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