3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:
More on the PepBoys All Power/Kipor 2000Tc:

Looking at the owner's manuals on the link just provided. Both schematics are "almost" identical with the same specs, other than the amount of fuel used (remember, the Tc has no economy mode or idle control - it runs at 4,500 rpm all the time. Thus, it will use more fuel on the "average").

I still find it interesting that Kipor calls the Tc model a Digital Converter and the Ti model a Digital Inverter. Guess that is where the c (converter) and i (inverter) designations come from. While not a precise rule, the term inverter is normally applied to a device that has a DC input and inverts it to an AC output - usually at a higher voltage. The term converter is interpreted to mean a device that changes AC input to a DC output - usually at a lower voltage.

I did look at one in PepBoys last week. The advertised AllPower definately is the CampMate 2000 Tc. The fine print on the label even identifies it as a Kipor. Also, all of the Tc advertisements avoid the words "SineMaster" which are used extensively with the Ti model.

Again, I seriously suspect from what I have seen and read that while both use a 3-phase delta wound alternator to create a high frequency AC signal that is fed to an "inverter", we will find the waveform that comes out of the Tc is very similar to the so called "modified sine wave" produced by conventional DC to AC inverters and the Ti will have a nice clean sine wave.

I really hope someone that owns one (or both) will put them on a scope so that we can find a conclusive answer to the question.

I dont know about the 2000Tc, but my brotherinlaws 3500Tc has the economy switch, and rpm's are determined by load, I thought all the Tc model were load dependent, Kipor just shows the run times at the rated load.

I just went back and checked my link to the kipor owner manuals, and the 2000Tc does show the smart switch, the 4500 rpm's is the max for the generator, something like the 2000Ti, and the EU2000