3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

daytona7 wrote:
Professor,
I think you better go back to teaching. Retirement is giving you too much free time to try new sound abatement projects and your possibly driving your wife crazy. What happened to your below $200 and the same weight as the original generator project which now is probably in excess of $300 and pounds?:h

Well, funny you should ask. It went like this -

Bought:
a sheet metal brake, shear and roll press at Harbor Freight - $400
a 4' x 6' sheet of diamond plate 16 gauge aluminum - $185
a regulator, tank and gas for my MIG welder to weld aluminum $160
a roll of flux core .035 aluminum welding wire $30
4 sheets of Dynamat sound absorbing material $130
1 used RV Fan-tastic fan from a friend $50
1 Woodard/Garretson low pressure LPG regulator $85
Assorted hoses, clamps, fittings, etc. for LPG conversion $60
Stainless steel exhaust flex coupler $30 - now being used on
the Cat-5 Chinese Champ in the basement of the Volvo to
route exhaust to the back of the truck cab. It runs the
A/C in the truck when we park to shop or eat so the dog
stays cool.

Needless to say, I kinda' blew the budget for the project.

The originally planned project is still un-built and parts sitting. I do occasionally use the MIG welder and sheet metal brake & shear. I am waiting for a round-tuit day to complete the project as originally planned.

In the interim, I bought two CPE 2000i inverter generators with the parallel kit ($1,100) thinking I would use them when dry camped in a "noise sensitive" environment. I discovered that the 40008 Champ in the basement of the fiver with cooling fan and outside muffler was actually quieter than the inverter twins under A/C load. Go figure :h Inverters are nice for small loads when I can keep the engine speed down. Especially nice for battery recharging and low fuel consumption. I carry at least one 2000i in the drom box on the truck.

I can't drive the wife crazy - she is too tolerant and goes along with my projects "as long as they make me happy". You gotta understand that this is the DW that simply said "OK" when I told her I wanted to buy a used semi and convert it into a motorhome to pull our fifth wheel. But, she did balk a bit when I suggested building a small submarine out of a like-new 300 gallon propane tank. That project is also on hold ;)

I never quit teaching - I just don't get paid anymore.