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 fired up my new Champion 46540, ran it awhile, then put some load on it. It ran a TV and halogen worklight fine. Then I plugged in just my 120v electric logsplitter and split a small log. The Champion bogged down at the initial startup, but recovered quickly and ran the splitter fine. But this splitter doesn't stay "on" - it has a momentary pushbutton so you are turning it on and off continuously for each log you want to split. I normally run it on a circuit (with a medium TV also turned on) with a 20 amps breaker and never tripped it. So, in my simplistic head I'm thinking I'm pulling maybe 20 amps and 2400 watts max. I would not expect that to bog my unit.
I guess this is similar to other posts about some folks RV A/C units not running. Startup amsp vs. running amps. Perhaps my electric motor doesn't have capacitors? I believe it is a 1.75HP but I don't know about capacitors. I've been told 1 HP = 746 watts, so I'm pulling about (1.75 x 746) = 1305 watts?
I guess I'm just trying to determine if my unit is working OK given it does this bog down on what does not seem like a max load. What do you think?
I guess this is similar to other posts about some folks RV A/C units not running. Startup amsp vs. running amps. Perhaps my electric motor doesn't have capacitors? I believe it is a 1.75HP but I don't know about capacitors. I've been told 1 HP = 746 watts, so I'm pulling about (1.75 x 746) = 1305 watts?
I guess I'm just trying to determine if my unit is working OK given it does this bog down on what does not seem like a max load. What do you think?
