3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Wgeorge11 wrote:
Thanks for the post Prof. Since my favorite son recently destroyed one of my gens I've been looking for a replacement. Your input is as good as the gold standard, certainly worthy of consideration.
Meanwhile, DO NOT move this post to another forum. It fits well with our information needs and would only create another unnecessary search by old analogue dudes like me. This forum is one of a few places I truly put my trust into. And you are the heart of it all. Thank you.

Well, one says move, the other says no. Hummm.......

The bad thing is I landed in the horsepistol... er, hospital, right after I made the post so nothing new - that is other than an abscess on my colon that hurts like Hades and has to be cut out once it is less inflamed (about 6 weeks from now).

I DO LIKE this genny and look forward to CPE's possible advance of the design to include electric start with the remote along with the ability to parallel or sync with another unit - even if I never end up with a second generation product unless SuperGen has a liberal trade-in program :).

Speaking of sync or parallel operation - I do not know how that would work. I mean, I am sure you could put two 3100i units together when that feature is added but I know nothing about the compatibility of other CPE units. For example, could I (if I wanted to) sync one or even both of my 2000i units to the 3100i? I know you can sync a CPE1000i to a 2000i and I have even been privy to a test sync'ing 4-CPE 2000i units together even though I know of no commercial cable you can buy to allow that. If you owned two of the current 3100i units (or a 3100i and even a xxx 120 volt non-synchronous genset) and had a camper with a 50 amp (actually 50-50 amp) power cord it would be safe to have one 3100i on each of the two 120VAC 50 amp feeds with one of those dual 30-20 cheater adapters as long as the common neutral current did not exceed 50 amps (6000 watts) - which it would not. For big rigs this would give the ability to power TWO air conditioners with relatively low dBA levels (compared to a single 6,000 to 9,000 watt genny).

I don't approve of unauthorized use without licensing of another companies design/property rights unless patents have expired and I would prefer that this unit was a made in the USA item. But, it is made in China and sold in the USA to the benefit of many USA employees and sellers. As far as design rights or license with others (Yamaha?) I know CPE is not a thief and they will not use the name Yamaha or make any reference to the brand just as they did not with the synchronous units to Honda and the GX series engine all over the China brand line - but we all know of the similarities and I appreciate knowing the design has been well tested. It is a different world than what I grew up in and International design royalties/trade has changed drastically. It is what it is. so, any use of the name Yamaha in citing similarities you may find here is strictly my own observation and nothing from CPE. As I said earlier - I have no horse in this race and just want a good solid product that does the job it is claimed to do without crapping out in the middle of the show - and doesn't take two retirement checks to pay for. Just buying diesel fuel to get on the road with the RV is enough expense. (guess you can tell I'm bored and my mind is rambling?)

OK good news for me....Dr. just came in and I go home tomorrow. Maybe I can at least take the covers off the 3100i and make some photos of the innards to share? I know the Dr. isn't going to let me pull the cylinder head off the Volvo D12 to change injector seals and cups so it might as well be the 3100i. I have to do something - I can't just sit or I will go crazy.