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Re: Honda 2000 vs fot power line monitor

Reply #25 – June 30, 2014, 01:56:26 pm

The "Power Watch" in my 1996 U320 has an analog volt meter and two lights, a green light for normal polarity and a red light for reverse polarity. I removed the back to see the wiring. The meter is connected between "hot" and "neutral", the green between "hot" and "ground", red between "neutral" and "ground". There is no electronics in it, just wires.

The 120VAC meter indicating 60 volts when connected to a Honda generator must be wired incorrectly. Is the meter connected between "hot" and "ground"? If it were my coach, I would rewire it between  "hot" and "neutral".

The other issue here is the Honda generator wiring. The receptacles must be be wired wrong (ever been worked on?). It is not safe to have 60 volts between "neutral" and "ground" because some older appliances have a metal case connected to "ground".

Anyone else with a Honda generator - measure voltages between "hot", "neutral", and "ground" at the receptacles on the generator, I am very curious.

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Re: Honda 2000 vs fot power line monitor

Reply #26 – June 30, 2014, 01:59:31 pm

I replaced the Freedom 25 inverter/charger with a converter and an inverter. The converter is an IOTA 55 amp (not a charger) which has two voltage set points (13.4v or 14.0v). The maximum amps required from 120VAC is seven while the Freedom required 20 amps to provide 100 charging amps at 16 volts for equalizing. The inverter is a Xantrex 1800 watt "pure sign".

When on "15 amp shore power", I run the microwave from the inverter and keep the batteries charged with the converter (or solar if available). At the same time, I can run the hot water heater and/or the refer from the 15 amp shore power because the maximum the converter can require is 7 amps at 120 VAC.

If you need to rapid charge your coach batteries by running your generator, then what I have done will not work for you.

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