Looking to convert 120 volt to 240 volt

[pauli]

Hey There:

I'm looking to convert the output on the Raven to 240 volt to power my house.

Its not looking possible because the generator only has one coil. At least thats what I think.

I've been looking for a wiring diagram for the unit and cant find one, but I've conpared the wiring disagram of the Gen 4000 and Gen 6500E and it seems that the Raven more closely matches the 4000, but I'm not sure.

I wonder if the deck is powered by 240 volts, something I just thought of.  If that is true I maybe be able to rig a switch to use that line.

Any ideas?

Thanks

pauli

[crawford]

just get a 4 inch box bring in 30 amp in 1 side 20 plug in from 20 amp wire into box wire it as you would 120 on 1 leg 120 to other leg on recital wire you ground green and last 0ne is neutral is to balance the load of both 120 legs. so to use it set box down one wire plugs int 30 amp the other plug to standard 20 amp now box has 220 waiting to use.

[pauli]

Thanks, do you mean to put a jumper in the main box to jump one leg to the other leg?

Not sure what your talking about, if you tie two neutrals from the same circuit (generator) and then add hots to each leg, the neutrals will cancel each other out.

If you meter two hots on the same circuit you see a zero volts, however if you measure two hots on separate circuits the volts will be 240. Of course the hots are 120 volt. if you wanted to get technical.

[crawford]

you should have115 to 120 volts to each leg neutral is only for balance if one leg is higher then other it will equal both legs

[sentnc]

Ive been looking into this also.

I thing the generator on the Raven is the same, if not similar to the Raven GEN6500E generator.  I am assuming that they took 1 phase ofte h generator to power the 48v powering/charging side of the machine, leaving the other side for the 110v generator.  I downloaded the Raven-6500 watt portable Generator-Manual and the wiring diagram is in there, just havent had the time to study it yet.

I hoping i could wire up a switch to pull in the second phase of the generator and send 220v to a dedicated outlet.  Just prelim thinking rite now.

GEN6500E.PDF (219.27 KB)

[paulb]

Sept 7, 2016 15:29:55 GMT pauli said:

Hey There:

I'm looking to convert the output on the Raven to 240 volt to power my house.

Its not looking possible because the generator only has one coil. At least thats what I think.

I've been looking for a wiring diagram for the unit and cant find one, but I've conpared the wiring disagram of the Gen 4000 and Gen 6500E and it seems that the Raven more closely matches the 4000, but I'm not sure.

I wonder if the deck is powered by 240 volts, something I just thought of.  If that is true I maybe be able to rig a switch to use that line.

Any ideas?

Thanks

pauli

The mower deck runs on 48v. The generator puts out dc or ac, but not at the same time. (But do not quote me on this) lol.

I have the manual PDF. I will see if I can get a link to it. I hope this works.

drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yiSyip84XaaGFEOUlTWFdraTRwYjY4U1QzblBzWHVOSnM0/view?usp=drivesdk

Anyone can use this link to download the manual.

Paul

[gt460]

The Raven is a 120VAC machine. The generator is wound with two 60VAC 60HZ windings. The solid state relay(s) under the rear most cover puts the two windings in series to develop 120V in AC mode and connect the 120V receptacles. They are in parallel through the 3 phase diode bridge to charge the 48V batteries in battery mode. The AVR is set up with two stages so the generator output is slightly different in 120VAC mode compared to 48V (58V) battery charge mode.

[gt460]

Thanks much Paul for the manual!