I have to buy a dryer vent cord still. Albert brought 2 50' sections of 10/3 cord with the intentions of making one for me before leaving but it wasn't done before he had to go. I was irked by this because if I am buying an ETM I expect a premade power cord to come with it that is needed to run off a dryer vent plug. I can't find an adapter that converts a 3 prong 220v cord to a 4 prong generator input. I've found an adapter that converts a 4 prong dryer vent plug into a 3 prong and a 3 prong 50' 3 prong dryer cord.
10/3
The Hurricane has a 4 prong generator 220v plug in. If it was a 3 prong generator plug I would've already found a suitable adapter for it.
4
Yes, it is included with the 4 15 amps.
Not exactly sure, it is an 18 hp Honda gen, I believe 10k watts.
Agreed. I've already spent about $25 in gas on it. Need to get this dryer cord thing going soon!
10/3 won't work, because you need 10/4 in order to power 4 circuits. A 3 prong dryer outlet also won't work as there is not enough neutral wire (only a single # 10 wire) in a 220V 3 prong dryer setup. It has enough hot leads (2 #10 wires), but not enough neutral leads (only 1), which is how 110V works.
220V appliances alternate between 2 hot leads, and do not use a neutral except for a ground (both the neutral and ground go to the same bar in a breaker/fuse box).
110V appliances (which is what you have in the VT) alternate between one hot lead and one neutral (ground).
So you need a 4 wire extension cord (10/4) at 10 AWG in order to carry the load. A 3 wire cord does not carry but one neutral wire.
I have an 18 HP Honda Northstar generator, which is 10,000 watts surge, and 8500 watts continuous. This is probably the one you have, or similar.
So, the VT will only work from a 4 prong dryer outlet, not a 3. If you use a 3 prong dryer outlet and convert it to 4 in your setup, it will over-heat for lack of sufficient wiring.
This limits sourcing power for your VT greatly.
You can adapt a 40 amp 220VAC outlet (stove) to your VT, by making a conversion cord from 40 amps to 30 amps, but it would also need it's own breaker protection.