Here are a few more details ... we have a Briggs and Stratton generator ... it is actually 5550 wats with surge of 8550. It is wired in through our dryer circuit as gen tran panels were sold out through out NH. The well pump is 240V. Any suggestions on getting around the pump protector?
I HOPE you shut off your MAIN breaker, or pulled out the main meter! (even better)
Because if you
didn't do either of these, feeding a generator INTO the 220 volt dryer circuit, will
backfeed power out of your house, and to the main transmission lines going to your house! It energizes the entire power panel!
If a lineman comes around, to work on them, you will FRY them! If they suddenly turn power back on, and your generator is up and running, without disconnecting the meter or main breaker, you will have an explosion! If you don't listen to anything else I say, listen to this!!!!!
Your generator probably doesn't have enough starting oomph to get your pump going, that's why the pump protector is blowing. Or, you have a microwave oven, and other large power suckers going at the same time. Try turning off all other breakers, except the one going to your pump, so that's the only thing on at that time. Make sure the generator is revved up high. Did you pull out your meter yet, do that first!
They commonly lie (ok, twist the truth) on their ratings for these hardware store generator sets. It's such a 'dirty power' coming from them, that your pump doesn't like it. If it can't start your pump, then it's not truly rated high enough. If you bypass the pump protector, you are going to cause damage, and it's going to be expensive.
Get a higher quality generator with a TRUE rating of at least 6100 (6.1KW)watts continuous. I'm talking something that normally sells for around $1,000. A $300 generator is junk, and won't last long at all. You can't normally run an entire household of stuff on a 6kw generator, you need something around 13kw to do that continuously.