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Offline JMinSCTopic starter

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Running a 220V pump off of two 120V outlets?
« on: February 24, 2018, 09:25:19 pm »
My well has a 220V submersed pump. I'm looking for a generator to run the pump should I ever lose power. I'm not going to need continuous power, I'll just run the pump long enough to fill my containers (about 100 gallons), then shut down the generator.

My questions concern the generator. Can I use a generator with two 120V outlets to run the 240V pump?
I'm thinking I can rig up a "patch cord" to plug into the two 120V outlets on the generator and have a single connection to hook up to the 240V input to the pump. The 240V is just two 120 hot leads, and a single neutral lead, right? So, can I use the two hot connections from the two 120V hot outputs from the generator, and make the two neutral outputs from the generator connected together, and run my well pump off of that?
 

Offline drussell

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Re: Running a 220V pump off of two 120V outlets?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2018, 09:26:58 pm »
You need a generator that generates 240 volts, to start....

Or a pump which can be wired for 120 volts.
 
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Re: Running a 220V pump off of two 120V outlets?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2018, 09:30:04 pm »
No.

Read up on split-phase power systems. Emphasis on phase.
 
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Re: Running a 220V pump off of two 120V outlets?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2018, 09:32:24 pm »
That answered my question.

Thank you!
 


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