Parallel generators

 Is it possible to run two portable generators in parallel?

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Yep, we do it ALL the time. All it takes is a BIG Pile of Money
to modify the gensets with Electronic Governers, and install
the REQUIRED SwitchGear, and your all set......

or you could buy yourself a couple of Honda Inverter/Gensets
and the Parallel Cable Kit and do it that way with those
specific Gensets.....

Bruce in alaska
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 Per Bruce in Alaska:

Tangential question:  Can Honda inverter-based generators of
different sizes be paralleled?   e.g. Can an EU2000 be hooked up
in parallel with an EU3000is?
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PeteCresswell

 

Aside from buy two new inverter generators designed to be paralleled I've
read (in this NG) in the past about using a 100 watt light bulb to somehow
syncronize the waveforms.  From what I've read it's tricky but can be done,
at least sometimes.  I imagine the freqency needs to be very close on both
gennies.  Perhaps some googling might turn up some old posts on the subject.

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Thanks Bruce in Alaska & Ulysses for your replies. I chased electrons in TVs
and other stuff until I (forcedly) retired 15 years ago. House wiring I know
that the white wire connects to white and black to black. In general I
understand what you are saying but have no experience in it so I'm lost.
Could you point me to someplace to get a little info? I realize that two
generators need to be timed together and of equal output and balanced in
some way. If it were too expensive or complicated I would just take a pass
to something simpler.

I live in a rural area (way) outside Chicago and have a private well for my
water source. Being a stepchild to any town, I experience power outages
randomly several times a year and purchased a Generac 4000exl, which serves
all my needs except for air conditioning on occasional hot humid summer
nights. So I'm pondering to either buy a larger generator, an additional one
or live with what I got.