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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Ok forgive me if this was mentioned earlier. But I have read the massive amounts of pages and cant rememmber where or if i read an answer to my issues here.
Recently my wife and I bought a new 2006 Thor cub 236 and have been amazed at the rv-culture/lifestyle. This forum has been fantastic and very informative. I purchased my champion rv ready gen at cabelas
$399.00 (ouch I know....wonder if they do a price match? Bought it at the store and not online.) Anyways was camping this last weekend and estimate the altitude to be probably around 8000 feet. AC worked like a champ and generator was beautifully quiet compared to some I have heard. Well went for the test to run the AC and pop some microwave popcorn and engine sputtered and about died. =( Temperatures were high even at that altitude...heat wave here in Utah 90 plus degrees even up there. So here is my question........What position does the switch need to be in?.....120 or in the middle or over to the 240? The voltage meter is working fine but when i switch over the the 240 everything dies in trailer. Does the RV plug give me the entire wattage produced from the generator or do I need to do something more? Thought I read something about wiring 'other leg' on my rv pwer chord? Dont know if i read that in forums here or on directions from champ.........guess i have an information overload going on and cant recall where I got it hehe.
I am not very techy, so go easy on me. And like my name states am a newb to the boards here. But all I really want to do is run a/c, pop some microwave popcorn at the same time or heat up some instant coffee for the grandma while enjoying the cool breeze from the a/c. (Why anyone would want to drink coffee in 90 plus temp is beyond me lol)Thanks for the responses in advance......we are heading out tomorrow for some lake camping with the jet skiis so running the a/c is going to important.........guess i can do w/o the popcorn.
Recently my wife and I bought a new 2006 Thor cub 236 and have been amazed at the rv-culture/lifestyle. This forum has been fantastic and very informative. I purchased my champion rv ready gen at cabelas
$399.00 (ouch I know....wonder if they do a price match? Bought it at the store and not online.) Anyways was camping this last weekend and estimate the altitude to be probably around 8000 feet. AC worked like a champ and generator was beautifully quiet compared to some I have heard. Well went for the test to run the AC and pop some microwave popcorn and engine sputtered and about died. =( Temperatures were high even at that altitude...heat wave here in Utah 90 plus degrees even up there. So here is my question........What position does the switch need to be in?.....120 or in the middle or over to the 240? The voltage meter is working fine but when i switch over the the 240 everything dies in trailer. Does the RV plug give me the entire wattage produced from the generator or do I need to do something more? Thought I read something about wiring 'other leg' on my rv pwer chord? Dont know if i read that in forums here or on directions from champ.........guess i have an information overload going on and cant recall where I got it hehe.
I am not very techy, so go easy on me. And like my name states am a newb to the boards here. But all I really want to do is run a/c, pop some microwave popcorn at the same time or heat up some instant coffee for the grandma while enjoying the cool breeze from the a/c. (Why anyone would want to drink coffee in 90 plus temp is beyond me lol)Thanks for the responses in advance......we are heading out tomorrow for some lake camping with the jet skiis so running the a/c is going to important.........guess i can do w/o the popcorn.
