3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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jlaustin wrote:
FWIW - Just got the sale circular from Tractor Supply ... they've got a 2000w open-frame genset (NOT a Champion) for $149.99 - I think it's a Friday-only sale price. Not quite a "disposable" price, but pretty cheap!:)
Yep, went by there today and said "what the heck". I bought one.
Not a bad unit, much better than the little 2 stroke models. The big lablel on the gas cap warned "shipped without oil" and said it would take 14 oz. It took only about 8oz before it started running all over my bench. Either they did not completely drain it, or the instructions were wrong. Where the Champion came with a container of oil (and a nice funnel) this one came with neither.
Started relatively easy. I have not run the Champion and this one side-by-side yet, but my ears told me that this one wasn't much quieter than the Champion.
I hooked up a 1500w oil-filled radiator as a test load. Low and Medium (I'm guessing 500 and 1000w) were ok, there was no mistaking when the load was applied. No load was about 125v (did not check the output frequency). Under 500w and 1000w load, the voltage dropped to about 122v. Under full 1500w load, however, the engine definitely loaded up and almost sounded like it was going to bog down. Voltage dropped to about 112v. So, I would only rate this guy about 1000w (maybe 1200 but I was not able to load it that much). Surge rated at 1500w. Of course, the advertised rating is 1500w/2000w surge.
Features: 12v battery charge output. The carb appears to have a mixture adjustment for the low end, and a fixed jet for the high end. I did not try "tweaking" anything. The carb bowl also appears to have a drain screw. The exterior appearance is good, nothing that I can see suggests poor quality.
I don't have my camper right now (in for service) so I don't know how it will do with the converter as a load. I'm hoping it will work for that.
I've got other uses for this, so for $150 I figured I could not go wrong. I noticed the regular price is $200.
BTW, I went to Northern Tools today. They had an ETQ 1800w inverter model on sale for $300. I did not have a very high opinion of the ETQ 800w I bought a while back, so I can't recommend this one.
