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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I just wanted to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread and also to those who responded to my messages specifically.
As I mentioned a month or so back, I ordered an Amico 3300 generator which was pretty quiet as these Chinese units go, but still not as quiet as I had hoped for. I chose to bypass the Kipor unit and went ahead and purchase a slightly used Honda EU3000is on ebay. I really wanted to save the $$$ but where we camp, generator noise is a real concern so I really had no option.
The Amico is a great little unit - it has continuous output of 3000 watts as opposed to the 2800 most of the other clones have. No rewiring needed and it ran everything in our camper including air and microwave with no trouble. If it weren't for the noise output (a little quieter than most of the other clones at 65dB @ 7 meters) I would have gladly kept it as it met all our other needs and was a pretty good bargain for what appears to be a quality unit. I haven't even burned all the paint off the exhaust yet :( Looks like I'll be selling it now as I won't need 3 generators sitting around and I still have the Generac I started with a couple of years back.
Anyway, as everyone has stated time and again, if noise is not an issue - these Chinese Honda clones are still quieter than the standard contractor style gensets and really do a great job.
Thanks again to everyone who has posted on this subject. What an incredible thread both in size and valuable input.
As I mentioned a month or so back, I ordered an Amico 3300 generator which was pretty quiet as these Chinese units go, but still not as quiet as I had hoped for. I chose to bypass the Kipor unit and went ahead and purchase a slightly used Honda EU3000is on ebay. I really wanted to save the $$$ but where we camp, generator noise is a real concern so I really had no option.
The Amico is a great little unit - it has continuous output of 3000 watts as opposed to the 2800 most of the other clones have. No rewiring needed and it ran everything in our camper including air and microwave with no trouble. If it weren't for the noise output (a little quieter than most of the other clones at 65dB @ 7 meters) I would have gladly kept it as it met all our other needs and was a pretty good bargain for what appears to be a quality unit. I haven't even burned all the paint off the exhaust yet :( Looks like I'll be selling it now as I won't need 3 generators sitting around and I still have the Generac I started with a couple of years back.
Anyway, as everyone has stated time and again, if noise is not an issue - these Chinese Honda clones are still quieter than the standard contractor style gensets and really do a great job.
Thanks again to everyone who has posted on this subject. What an incredible thread both in size and valuable input.
