Woke up 5AM to no power fired up the old champion genset filled up with fresh 87 got the fridge and a few circuits going to watch antenna tv found out arc fault breakers aren’t happy with the choppy generator power. Wife got a shower in firing up the on demand water heater so she was happy and power was restored in about 2 hrs. While I had the oil good and hot did an oil change refilled with Valvoline full synthetic 10W-30 from an AutoZone clearance 6 years old gave the Qt a really good shaking hope I don’t kill the 15 year old champion.
Ran the old Champion genset this morning
- Thread starter DCDG
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I highly doubt it.
"arc fault circuit breakers....", another thing to Google; thanks. (different than a ground fault, I suppose?)
JTK
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We recently took a trip to Puerto Rico and our Airbnb had a newish Champion tri-fuel ~7500 watt portable generator setup to run on gasoline. It was wired to a transfer switch. Worked like a champ for the pretty much daily power outages. Loud as heck though. It would run pretty much all the mini-splits, the fridge and what ever lights and outlets you needed.
Arc faults prevent fires and ground faults prevent shocks. That's the simple comparison anyway
Yes these circuits are a total pain I get it they're critical in preventing fires but are very sensitive they will trip if you pinch your 5v phone charger just right in a night stand drawer.
4wd
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I always found that “sparkies” know code - just like builders - and install GFCI in obvious places - but not where you often plug in hand held power tools …
CAFCI breakers. my 2011 panel upgrade has them..
not on motor loads.. the specific kitchen outlet for the fridge as an example is standard breaker.
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