That would be true if AC was simply 110V.
The reason it matters is that House AC is based on 2 Hots and a Common
coming into the house.
To get 110V, you go from 1 Hot to Common.
To get 220V, you go from one Hot to the other Hot.
So if your generator is 220V, then you have 2 Hots available.
Unknowingly mixing and matching these Hots and Common will get you
interesting combinations of voltages. :-)
Russ
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On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Robert McElwee wrote:
There is no load at all on the house circuits. All breakers are off.
Not sure about the polarity (didn't think that matters on AC).
Wouldn't be much trouble to swap it but since the plug works fine on
everything EXCEPT the house wiring I'm not sure how that could be
it. If I get a chance I'll test it in a bit.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM, NoGood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is your house pulling too much current for the generator. I had to
live off a 6k generator for about a year and you can't have many
things running at the same time. I really saw the efficiencies of
those CFL bulb vs traditional bulbs when I was on the generator.
My generator would buck and moan if I put too much of a load on it,
maybe yours just trips the gfci
Another idea is that if it is the GFCI tripping maybe it is the
polarity of your plug wiring.
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