3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

I have to weigh in again on the Duropower DP3600Ri 3600w Digital Inverter Generator with Remote Start. In my revised opinion it is a piece of junk. I gave it a glowing report two years ago, but that was after I used it once for a week in Yosemite. I used it one other time for an extended weekend last year and it worked fine. I also "exercised" it every few months under load. This past weekend I hooked it up for a camping trip; it started fine, electricity was present in the trailer (evidenced by the microwave display illuminated). I turned on one other small load device and everything went off. The motor still ran but there was no juice. I restarted it several times. Plugged a known working device directly into the front receptacles (after checking the on board circuit breakers), and nothing. I took it apart to see if there was anything obvious like a loose wire, but everything was connected fine. The engine starts fine at the lowest possible idle but never revs because it is not sensing any load because there simply is no power output. Even though it is ostensibly a Honda clone, the electronics are not servicable, nor are there any parts readily available. I learned my lesson about buying from a company that got an "F" from the online BBB. I was lured in by the low price but don't make the same mistake I did. I should have listened to another poster on this forum a couple of years ago about the problems he experienced. I am going to buy the Yamaha EF3000iSEB. Good luck, everyone.


Gerry