How To: Fixing/Upgrading the poorly-designed Parallel kit for the PowerHorse 2300 series generator
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2020
- Recently purchased a pair of PowerHorse 2300 Inverter Generators from Northern Tool and Equipment. I really like the generators, well built, quiet, smooth running, very nice. The kit that lets the generators work in parallel (Model DPC-003), on the other hand, is poorly designed.
Mine was partially broken in the box and became fully broken after one day of use. I could return it but they would replace it with another one with the same design flaw.. so instead, I've decided to upgrade the design.
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Thanks for the review. Have you noticed if the both generators share the load, or does one generator go to 100% and then extra power needed is demanded from the second gen?
They absolutely share the load. Both will cycle up and down in unison as the load changes and use gas at nearly the same rate (one of mine seems consistently to be slightly more efficient but I don't know why)
I noticed and guessing you put plug in new box upside down. Old box ground down new box ground up.
Had to - the cover on the new box and the angle of the plug forced the position.
Nice job. Was there a reason for going with 2 2300s and a parelle kit vs just jumping to the Powerhorse 3500?
I like the flexibility and portability that the two smaller units provide. When it’s not hot and we don’t need the AC a single 2300 is more than enough for our travel trailer. Likewise when I need power out and about I rarely need the amount that the 3500 is meant to supply.
Also they can be easily moved around, loaded and unloaded and positioned by a single person and are only about 50db in eco mode.
All in all, for our use the two smaller units and parallel kit was the best option - big power when we need it, small power and better fuel economy when we don’t.
So is the parallel cable just straight jumpers between the two gensets with a 30A rv
Plug in between? No special circuitry in there?
From what I could see in opening it up, yes.. it's just a standard 30A RV plug with a pigtail.
Probably could just drill and screw the plug into original box assuming you dont destroy the original box
Possibly. I'm not sure that the original box cover would have allowed enough clearance if the outlet was moved to the outside and the process of opening the original box did do some damage. Nothing that glue or duct tape wouldn't have been able to fix though..
That is wrong. You need to plug all holes and by code you need the proper conector for your wires.
Agreed on plugging the one remaining hole (which was done, just not at the time as I didn't have the part and needed to get back to the lake). As to your other comment, I did not change the connectors or wires, just moved the entire assembly out of the cheap plastic enclosure it was in and into a better box.
Cheers