3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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AMICO 3300 UPDATE - SOUNDPROOFING UPDATE
I had my first real test of the Amico 3300 unit I bought last month, this past weekend. It ran the AC just fine, but I have the 7100 Mini-Mach unit. It struggled a bit with the little microwave being on at the same time, but not too badly. I made a 3 sided divider of 1/4" plywood and 1/2" pink foam insulation. I basically cut a 4x8 sheet into 4 sections of 2x4 feet. I set the 4th section over the top of the genset. It did quiet the unit down and I was fairly happy with it. However, my camping buddies each had different units on either side of me. My neighbor to the left was using my Generac 4000XL. My Amico was quieter than that unit at full load - but not enough to warrant a $350 price tag :( but when the idle control was turned on with the Generac, the Amico was noticably louder. My neighbor on the left had a Honda EU3000is generator. Forget it guys! If you want something this quiet, there's nothing that will touch it! We couldn't even tell it was running when either of the other gensets was in use, and they were 20-40 feet away! At full throttle, right under my window, the Honda was no louder than the stream we were parked next to. If being quiet is your hope for a genset, as it is mine, due to the close quarters camping we do quite often, save your pennies and buy an inverter style genset. Yes you can indeed purchase a few of these Chinese units for the same money, but they will never come close if noise is an issue. The Amico held up fine, but the Honda's output and plug offerings wins hands-down, especially in the noise output. They all have their place, as with anything else. But when being quiet is a priority, the Chinese knock-offs are not going to get the job done, IMHO, even with a sound shield.
I had my first real test of the Amico 3300 unit I bought last month, this past weekend. It ran the AC just fine, but I have the 7100 Mini-Mach unit. It struggled a bit with the little microwave being on at the same time, but not too badly. I made a 3 sided divider of 1/4" plywood and 1/2" pink foam insulation. I basically cut a 4x8 sheet into 4 sections of 2x4 feet. I set the 4th section over the top of the genset. It did quiet the unit down and I was fairly happy with it. However, my camping buddies each had different units on either side of me. My neighbor to the left was using my Generac 4000XL. My Amico was quieter than that unit at full load - but not enough to warrant a $350 price tag :( but when the idle control was turned on with the Generac, the Amico was noticably louder. My neighbor on the left had a Honda EU3000is generator. Forget it guys! If you want something this quiet, there's nothing that will touch it! We couldn't even tell it was running when either of the other gensets was in use, and they were 20-40 feet away! At full throttle, right under my window, the Honda was no louder than the stream we were parked next to. If being quiet is your hope for a genset, as it is mine, due to the close quarters camping we do quite often, save your pennies and buy an inverter style genset. Yes you can indeed purchase a few of these Chinese units for the same money, but they will never come close if noise is an issue. The Amico held up fine, but the Honda's output and plug offerings wins hands-down, especially in the noise output. They all have their place, as with anything else. But when being quiet is a priority, the Chinese knock-offs are not going to get the job done, IMHO, even with a sound shield.
