Honda generator enclosure fan question

SoundGuy wrote:
Clearly some are under the mistaken impression that fan forcing cooling air is necessary so a genset such as the Honda EU inverter series won't overheat. Such is not the case with a properly designed enclosure, the best engineered DIY example I've come across being forum member jauguston's EU1000i Quiet Box which did not have any fans of any kind. However, his was intended to work out in the open whereas mine was going to be sitting inside my Avalanche's closed cargo compartment so I did mount a single 120 vac 5" muffin fan on the box's intake end to draw cooling air into the compartment from the outside world and thus into the box. The only better designs I've seen come from Japan where examples can easily out cost the generator it encloses. :E Anyone seriously interested in building a properly designed quiet box for an EU series genset would do well to read through this discussion and refer to the links provided therein rather than base their design on WAGs. :R

Interesting, they use the Honda's internal fan to pull air in and by placing it where the exhaust and hot air vent into another compartment it prevents the hot air from recirculating through the generator. A little more thought then just placing the generator in a box. :C

Do you know if the Champion 3100 vents out the back like the Honda?

I guess you can teach a old dog a new trick.