So, it' a 12v generator. What are the 3 wires? Hot, ground and ????? Case ground? Battery sense? Anybody know?
1624096
It is 12Volt AC 3 phase, hence the 3 wires. 12V will be measured between any 2 wires
1958975
How are you going to power it? a generator and if so how many total amps does your generator out ? also how many lights do you plan on installing? Hope this helps
1276863
I just threw a 12 volt car battery in the bed with the wing nut connectors. It should have a 50 amp inline. I have survived so far without it.
2263358
I fused the incoming side of mine. When I put the fuse in it popped very loud. I thought something was wrong also but it did not blow the fuse and when I checked the voltage on the other wires it was a perfect 12V. Still kinda scary hooking it up but I guess it is normal.
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I have the same setup on my travel trailer - two Trojan 6 volt in series, for 12 volts total. Just took it camping this weekend, with no hookups and went 3 days without having to run a generator. We used a small laptop, our house water pump, fridge, and furnace ran all three nights as well. Something to keep in mind is that all of my lights have been switched to led, and it was only slightly cloudy for us. I never bothered to check my actual voltage, but my stock wall meter was typically at 1/2 to 3/4 in the a.m., and full by sunset.Hope this helps
859571
the wires that come with it that you hook up to car battery will melt after a few seconds. dont forget to disconnect one battery terminal before jumping. id say that is a hell of a punch, so who cares what the spec s are. it started my semi diesel engine in about 3 seconds. first i unhooked both 1200 cold cranking amp batterys. kick ass wow.
2033602
My apologies, I took the generator to a vacation home and have no means of finding out this information at this time. It's a nice generator though!
281232
hey Icepuck, did this work? Could you do same with a battery charger I am wondering? Im trying to run 12v lights off a generator and trying to find a solution... FF here too and rigging out a response trailer..
794875
there are only two wires a red and white. on the one i bought, you cut the wire from the ac adapter and strip the ends.i touch each end to your battery post .if they dont light switch them and you will find which is ground. you can also cut them to any length and solder wires to the ones you cut.its a little work but not hard
1789180
it has two wires stripped at the end, a 12v, and a ground. you have to add a connector at the end, at least that's how mine came.
726361
generator, solar, 12volt power invertor, ect. not sue what the others were talking about?? the charge in the unit or to be able to charge it without 110 volt outlet
1110715
Only the 12 volt versions of these generators are 12 volts. The vast majority, including this one, are only 6 volts, no matter what Rick J. Vigil says. He bought a 12 volt generator. Bottom line, you need to read what your generator says on it.
2036655
It's power by the vehicles 12 V system, its powered up when the vehicle Is started and down when the vehicle shuts off
1474170
I have not had to use the generator since I installed it last year. The main issue is keeping the battery fully charged so that it is ready when you need it. I keep a small trickle charger on the battery and I store the unit in my garage where it does not get much below 25F. I also start it every month or so.
312800
If I remember, the green wire attaches to a positive power feed, to read the voltage. I only wanted the temp, so only attached to positive and negative wires.
1157990
It's pretty straight forward just keep in mind that you should use at least 10 gauge wires to connect unit to 12v battery,if you use wire less than that you could have a problem as with any of these units.
1893959
it's a 3 phase wind generator, you can use 12/3 so electrical cable, it doesn't matter how you hook up the 3 wires to the turbine or the break switch.