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Generator and electrical question.

  • 14-09-2025 01:00AM
    #1
    Seadin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I got a change over switch installed when I build my house a number of years ago and have a 32amp male connection outside the house to connect up generator in the chance of a power outage.

    In the meantime I picked up a second hand generator. It's a Kawasaki GA3200. I think it's a 3.2kva one. I didn't realise until lately that it has only a 16amp blue female connector on it. I got a lead made up by electrician that was a 32amp lead for the house and I now realised this wouldn't fit the blue female connector on the generator I bought. The generator I got also was supplied with a 4 socket extension lead that I could plug into the generator with 16amp connection to the generator .

    I have now done the following and want to make sure it's OK. The lead I got the electrician to make up which the male and female connectors and lead itself capable of supplying a load 32amps.I took off the 32amp male connector off one end of the lead and switched the 16amp male connector of the 4 socket extension lead on to the 32 amp electrical lead.

    So now I have a 16 amp generator, and on one side of the lead to house, I have a male 16amp male connector that plugs into generator. The female end of the lead has a 32 amp for the male 32 amp connector on the wall of the house. This lead is heavy for enough for 32 amps. The generator has a trip switch. Am I doing safe practice here? The generator has a trip switch so it should trip off if the power goes over 16 amps.

    TiA



Comments

  • #2
    davebuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭davebuck


    You should have no issue with that lead as you have just replaced one of the plugs to enable connection to the 16Amp socket on the generator, its won't affect any of the trip switches/overloads etc.



  • #3
    Seadin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭Seadin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123816482#Comment_123816482

    I was thinking the same. Should not be any issue I was thinking.

    Can I ask also what do people do after switching over the change over switch to generator mode?

    Do you turn off every trip switch on the fuse board and then just power back on the ones you want like lights and kitchen sockets after the generator is on generator mode on the change over switch.

    TIA



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