3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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After a few phone calls to the Wildfire factory, It was agreed upon that I would receive a new genset from the factory. As a token of good faith on Wildfire's part, they would replace the 3000w genset with a 5500w unit. It sounded great to me. I could use a bigger genset for stuff out back like running bigger power tools and such. With the 5500w I could run the coach complete with A/C as well. So It was a great deal to me.
Well, as agree the Wildfire people would deliver it to my door at there cost as well and would pick up the bad genset. No shipping costs.
Upon testing the new genset just unloaded off the truck, this is what I got. Neutral-ground =120, hot-neutral=145 volts on receptacle one. Neutral-ground=0 volts on receptacle 2 hot-neutral 167 volts on receptacle 2.
I decided to put a load on the genset by plugging my motorhome into it with the A/C running. OK I should have 120 volts @ about 16 amps with the A/C and the battery charger running. I got 163 volts @ 12 amps. All tests were done in front of the Wildfire factory rep. He said the genset was checked at the factory and ran perfectly this afternoon. He was shocked to see the genset running over 150 volts with a load. I also checked for voltage between the frame of the coach and earth ground. I got a fat zero. Right where it is suppose to be so it appears that this genset was wired correctly but the regulator was bad.
Yep, it appears that the voltage regulator went bad between the factory and my house. A two hour drive without the genset running sitting in the back of a pickup truck. RIGHT!!! SURE!!!!! WOW!!!! HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN????? MUST HAVE BEEN THE RAIN STORM!!! YEP THAT'S IT! The rainstorm.
Am I doing something wrong or is there a bad lot of gensets out there and I got 3 in a row. Am I expecting too much out of a Chinese genset? All I wanted was 120 volts that was somewhat stable. I could understand 135 volts or so without a load, but to watch the genset run wild on the first try? I don't think so.
After a few phone calls to the Wildfire factory, It was agreed upon that I would receive a new genset from the factory. As a token of good faith on Wildfire's part, they would replace the 3000w genset with a 5500w unit. It sounded great to me. I could use a bigger genset for stuff out back like running bigger power tools and such. With the 5500w I could run the coach complete with A/C as well. So It was a great deal to me.
Well, as agree the Wildfire people would deliver it to my door at there cost as well and would pick up the bad genset. No shipping costs.
Upon testing the new genset just unloaded off the truck, this is what I got. Neutral-ground =120, hot-neutral=145 volts on receptacle one. Neutral-ground=0 volts on receptacle 2 hot-neutral 167 volts on receptacle 2.
I decided to put a load on the genset by plugging my motorhome into it with the A/C running. OK I should have 120 volts @ about 16 amps with the A/C and the battery charger running. I got 163 volts @ 12 amps. All tests were done in front of the Wildfire factory rep. He said the genset was checked at the factory and ran perfectly this afternoon. He was shocked to see the genset running over 150 volts with a load. I also checked for voltage between the frame of the coach and earth ground. I got a fat zero. Right where it is suppose to be so it appears that this genset was wired correctly but the regulator was bad.
Yep, it appears that the voltage regulator went bad between the factory and my house. A two hour drive without the genset running sitting in the back of a pickup truck. RIGHT!!! SURE!!!!! WOW!!!! HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN????? MUST HAVE BEEN THE RAIN STORM!!! YEP THAT'S IT! The rainstorm.
Am I doing something wrong or is there a bad lot of gensets out there and I got 3 in a row. Am I expecting too much out of a Chinese genset? All I wanted was 120 volts that was somewhat stable. I could understand 135 volts or so without a load, but to watch the genset run wild on the first try? I don't think so.
