3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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I've been following this thread for a couple of months, been saving up for a generator (Honda or Yamaha), but after reading the reviews on the PowerPro, I stopped by my local PepBoys on my way home from work Friday night to look at them. I was sold and bought the PowerPro 3500. Over the weekend, I added the DPDT switch that was noted on page 90 (thank you allpraisebob, the diagram and the later picture was perfect). Actually, very simple and done fairly quickly (I'm an avid DIY with home improvement experience, shades of Tim Allen). It ran a bit louder than a typical portable RV generator (rated at 65 dB, but seemed closer to 75 dB - gas-powered lawn mower, and that was by ear, not measuring), but with a properly constructed and vented transport/sound box, I figure I can reduce the dB to a very nice level and still come in well less than the Yamaha/Hondas.
Being that this is my first generator (I'm a boondocking nut, but on 12V, so this will put DW and I in absolute comfort), I was concerned with grounding. I did some research, both on the web and inquiring at my local electrical supply house, and found that, unless one can connect to an existing ground, one must drive an 8 foot copper or brass rod into the ground (can be at an angle or buried 2 feet deep or so horizontally)? I've seen campers with generators with what appears to be no ground hook up. I realize that one can run without a ground, but with some risk. I'm just wondering what most folks do when out, say in national forest or park (or BLM land), where there is no existing grounding place. Do they really drive an 8 foot rod into the ground?
On edit: Duh! :R I did everything but do a search on rv.net and when I finally did, I found this. I'd still like to know from others, though. -LL
Being that this is my first generator (I'm a boondocking nut, but on 12V, so this will put DW and I in absolute comfort), I was concerned with grounding. I did some research, both on the web and inquiring at my local electrical supply house, and found that, unless one can connect to an existing ground, one must drive an 8 foot copper or brass rod into the ground (can be at an angle or buried 2 feet deep or so horizontally)? I've seen campers with generators with what appears to be no ground hook up. I realize that one can run without a ground, but with some risk. I'm just wondering what most folks do when out, say in national forest or park (or BLM land), where there is no existing grounding place. Do they really drive an 8 foot rod into the ground?
On edit: Duh! :R I did everything but do a search on rv.net and when I finally did, I found this. I'd still like to know from others, though. -LL
