C Schomer
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Bonding worked! My 5er required bonding and so does my home Armstrong furnace so I opened up the Honda panel and bonded neutral/grd. permanently.
I always run my gen on eco throttle so it only runs at the rpm necessary. I ran my furnace on hi blower and the Honda stayed at minimum rpm... it hardly noticed the small load. My UEI amp-clamp bit it, so I couldn't get the amp reading.
BTW, UEI is throwaway junk. I'm going back to Fluke. Craig
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C Schomer
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Gdetrailer, that transfer sw. set-up in the 4 sq. cover is nice but I made my own with a $6 DPDT, on-off-on, 20A/125V toggle.
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While I was adding the sw. to the furnace, I decided to run a romex to the garage because that's where the gen. will be. No more 100' ext. cord needed. Craig
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C Schomer
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Ooopps, double!
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Grit dog wrote:ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile") My furnace, HVAC system, runs on 240 volts. So my generator won't run it either.
My furnace is a woodstove. My Honda doesn't do much for it either....
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OMG, just think of all the plant fertilizer (CO2) you’re pumping into the atmosphere!!
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C Schomer wrote:Bonding worked! My 5er required bonding and so does my home Armstrong furnace so I opened up the Honda panel and bonded neutral/grd. permanently.
I always run my gen on eco throttle so it only runs at the rpm necessary. I ran my furnace on hi blower and the Honda stayed at minimum rpm... it hardly noticed the small load. My UEI amp-clamp bit it, so I couldn't get the amp reading.
BTW, UEI is throwaway junk. I'm going back to Fluke. Craig
Thank you for the feedback.
3 tons wrote:Grit dog wrote:ROBERTSUNRUS wrote: My furnace, HVAC system, runs on 240 volts. So my generator won't run it either.
My furnace is a woodstove. My Honda doesn't do much for it either....
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OMG, just think of all the plant fertilizer (CO2) you’re pumping into the atmosphere!!
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As if the Honda doesn't generate any?
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Some years back when my brother bought his New Home, it was an electric furnace installed in the basement just as fi it was gas or oil, 230b wall thermostat, expensive yo yse when electricity prices started rising, a few years later a natural gas line was run through area and he switched , the mfg snd sellers dont call those heaters
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C Schomer
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Electric furnace, air handler w/heat strips, most people know what they are, without getting any more technical. The worst set-up I had was heat pumps w/o heat strips, in the Phx area. It actually gets cold there... I've seen 13* and I think the record was 12. The HPs constantly cycled between heat and defrost (cooling) all night. I would have added heat strips if I would have stayed there.
BTW, My NG furnace draws 2.2A on hi-fire and hi-blower.. the generator hardly notices! Craig
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So I had a question. I have a EU2000 and it only has the 2 receptacles. I think I only have 2 options. 1-take the faceplate off and wire one of the receptacles. 2-Make a bonding plug. If I use a bonding plug in one of the outlets that leaves me with only one to use. Can I plug in a surge protector which has a few outlets and plug the bonding plug into that? and still be able to use one of the other outlets on the surge protector?
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Use option 1, problem solved without over thinking.
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C Schomer
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Well, there wasn't much room under the cover to do the bonding. My Honda 2000 has a 15/20A duplex, so I used 12 ga. wire for the bond. The simplest way would be to make a short connector... 120v/15A plug to 120v/15A cord receptacle, and use 12 ga. wire to support inrush current, and bond it on whichever end you want. Once that's plugged into the Honda, the other side of the duplex will also be bonded and you can use the bonded connector, as well, to plug something into. Just use the bonded connector, first, if you need the bond for whatever you are running. It only needs to be bonded at one point, internally or externally, and the connector cord WON'T eliminate half of the duplex, like a bonded plug would. Craig
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