3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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First let me say...."You get what you pay for". With that out of the way, I started my Boondock camping with a Generac gen made for construction. LOUD and used alot of fuel, but it did the job. I found that if I left the Gen in the bed of the truck with the tailgate up and parked my truck at the end of the RV power cord...the noise was bearable.
I took the dive and purchased a Honda EU2000i locally, found out Mayberrys has them for $879 shipped to the door.
http://www.mayberrys.com/honda/generator/html/invertgenerator.htm
Honda will not allow the price to be listed.
I have used the gen for about 4 years now and no complaints. Starts easy, weights about 47lbs, easy to carry especially if your more mature! You can use 2 in parallel to run a AC if you must.
Its quiet! I ran my RV, my father in-laws RV, 2 DirecTV satellite receivers, 2 TV's, 2 CPAP machines and charging the coach batteries and got alittle over 9 hrs of run time on 1.1 gallons. You will be using alot of fuel on the knock offs! My dad has one of the Champion Gens and its loud and a gas hog. Uses like 4.5 gallons in 8 hrs.
I have modified mine to suck fuel from an external fuel can and now have the capability to run the gen for about 60hrs non stop.
The gen gets louder as it kicks up from Eco Throttle to power the microwave or toaster...not both at once and it will not run a 13.5k air conditioner at 4,500 feet above sea level. All gen's loose approximately 2% capacity per 1,000 ft of elevation....nature of the beast.
You do the fuel caculations and see if the Knock Off gen was worth the cost. If you only use it a few times or for emergencies, it may be worth the cost....if you camp more than a few times and do alot of boondock camping as I enjoy....spend the money and you will not regret the purchase.
I took the dive and purchased a Honda EU2000i locally, found out Mayberrys has them for $879 shipped to the door.
http://www.mayberrys.com/honda/generator/html/invertgenerator.htm
Honda will not allow the price to be listed.
I have used the gen for about 4 years now and no complaints. Starts easy, weights about 47lbs, easy to carry especially if your more mature! You can use 2 in parallel to run a AC if you must.
Its quiet! I ran my RV, my father in-laws RV, 2 DirecTV satellite receivers, 2 TV's, 2 CPAP machines and charging the coach batteries and got alittle over 9 hrs of run time on 1.1 gallons. You will be using alot of fuel on the knock offs! My dad has one of the Champion Gens and its loud and a gas hog. Uses like 4.5 gallons in 8 hrs.
I have modified mine to suck fuel from an external fuel can and now have the capability to run the gen for about 60hrs non stop.
The gen gets louder as it kicks up from Eco Throttle to power the microwave or toaster...not both at once and it will not run a 13.5k air conditioner at 4,500 feet above sea level. All gen's loose approximately 2% capacity per 1,000 ft of elevation....nature of the beast.
You do the fuel caculations and see if the Knock Off gen was worth the cost. If you only use it a few times or for emergencies, it may be worth the cost....if you camp more than a few times and do alot of boondock camping as I enjoy....spend the money and you will not regret the purchase.
