3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Oldfordman wrote:

bugdude wrote:
Oldfordman,
This is the one that I bought. I assume it will work.

Oldfordman wrote:
There is absolutely no reason not to as long as the hour meter uses 12V DC. The current draw from the meter won't even be noticed by the generator. The 12V output is there regardless of the other choice of outputs (120 or 240volts). Unless you are hooked to a battery, the 12V output is only there when the set is running.

Kevin.

It should work great! The voltage range of 5-27 Volts DC puts the output voltage of the charging outlet right in the middle.

Go for it.

BTW, it looks like this company also offers the same type meters in other functions. A Digital Voltmeter would be nice too to go with the hour meter.

Yesterday, I hooked up the hour meter mentioned in the above posts. Once I got the gen running, I noticed something odd.

Several times per minute, the hour meter would go blank - turn off for a split second as if voltage had been removed - then come back on.

I hooked up my Fluke multi-meter to the 12v output. It was reading ~14.85v. When the hour meter would flash off for a split second, the Fluke would show the reading drop to 14.77v, then come right back up to 14.85v. This was happening rather quickly, so I don't know if the voltage was actually dropping much more than that and the meter only had time to register a small drop before full voltage was once again applied.

The hour meter appeared to be functioning fine, otherwise. After about 6 minutes, it went from 0.0 to 0.1.

But it's as if the 12v output is dropping out a few times a minute, just for a split second each time.

Think that's normal?