3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:

As an "old motor man" I am sure you know to reduce the run wattage on your generator by about 200 watts for every 5 degrees F above 85 degrees ambient temperature to lessen the chance of getting the core over 195 degrees F. It is a good precaution to take to assure a long life for your unit.

Interesting info there professor. Are you speaking of the core of the electrical generating plant or the core (rotating and reciprocating components) of the engine itself?

I just assembled a cargo carrier from HF (the aluminum one, $50.95 with 20% off coupon) and did some initial measuring for installation on the back bumper of the 5er. I was initially going to install the reciever tube ($14.95 from Northern Tools) under the bumper and it's brace, but was concerned about ground clearance when gong into and out of steep drives or parking areas. Decided to explore installation above bumper. Gives a three fold improvement- increased ground clearance, allows carrier to mount closer to body of trailer, and allows reciever tube to be welded to more substantial structure on trailer frame and bumper standoff brace.

I will have to narrow the carrier itself a bit to keep the outboard end from protruding too far past the trailer body, but it's only pop rivets to drill out, shorten the cross members and then rerivet it back together. This does cause the generator to sit higher, partially obscuring the light and tag, so I'm thinking of moving the tag bracket to the LH tail light and putting an auxiliary light assembly (stop and tail) on the carrier. That would probably be a good move in any case. I'll upload pics when I get further along, after getting the receiver tube welded on the frame.