3000w Inverter generator/AC at altitude
I'm about ready to get the Champion 3100i because we want to come out of the hills and stay at some lakes this year. I'm not about to run the Champ 3500/4000 in a campground. I'm concerned that with n...
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Mena, in July 1985, on top of Tioga Pass, then straight uphill to tiny Gardisky Lake elevation 11,500 feet, my thermometer registered 91F, in the shade. I gave up and went back down to 6,780 ft elevation and sweated all night in 85F temperature. In the winter the temps used to drop to -20F with no measurable humidity. Wash a load of clothes. Tumble dry with room temperature for 30 minutes with zero heating.
The coast offers an alternative, sometimes, out west. Down in Bamma, and Mizzippi there is no place to hide.
I used to strap on a 50 lb backpack and walk 8 miles (gain 2,000 ft altitude) on weekends. Going from seven to nine thousand feet "under load" made a person a fast learner as to why generators struggle at high altitude. A friend machined pistons for Witte engines that increased compression ratios to around 23 to 1. It helped, but nothing like what turbocharging could accomplish.
Is there any way to ADVANCE ignition timing on those little engines? A two or three degree advance would definitely boost power.
The coast offers an alternative, sometimes, out west. Down in Bamma, and Mizzippi there is no place to hide.
I used to strap on a 50 lb backpack and walk 8 miles (gain 2,000 ft altitude) on weekends. Going from seven to nine thousand feet "under load" made a person a fast learner as to why generators struggle at high altitude. A friend machined pistons for Witte engines that increased compression ratios to around 23 to 1. It helped, but nothing like what turbocharging could accomplish.
Is there any way to ADVANCE ignition timing on those little engines? A two or three degree advance would definitely boost power.
