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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On the road, posting from the Okla. City East KOA. Day 2 of running with the Champion on the tongue, powering the A/C to keep the cats comfy.
Day 1: Ran great, but... seemed to use too much gas, and I was seeing LOTS of oil droplets that had come out of the bottom of the air cleaner housing. Turned out to be MY FAULT. I had removed the air cleaner cover before the trip, looking things over. I put it back on UPSIDE DOWN. The air intake was not lined up with the channel. The thing was sucking for air, creating a vacuum that was pulling oil out of the valve cover via the breather hose. It's a wonder the thing did as well as it did, but it ran the A/C all day long and kept things comfy.
Day 2 - used less gas, and no more oil dripping out. (Yes, I did top off in the morning, it was at the bottom of the dipstick.) Ran fine all day, but the weather was sunny and HOT coming across AR and OK. The TT heated up before got more oil in the gen and got it started, so the A/C was playing catch-up all day. Twice, the 20 amp breaker in the TT tripped. I have a remote temp sensor in the TT, so when I noticed temps starting to climb, I'd pull over, reset the breaker, and we'd be fine for another couple of hours. We'll see if that happens again tomorrow, if I'm careful to start off with the TT nice and cool. We're heading through Amarillo and into NM. I'm a bit worried that the A/C isn't going to handle the CO and UT heat during the day, and trip the breaker while we're out exploring. But I've got some things to try with the thermostat and fan settings. So far, we've had the thermostat set on 78, and the fan on constant Hi.
Already had one guy approach me at a gas station in AR and ask about it - where I got it and how much. May sell a couple of these for Champion before the trip is over. :)
Day 1: Ran great, but... seemed to use too much gas, and I was seeing LOTS of oil droplets that had come out of the bottom of the air cleaner housing. Turned out to be MY FAULT. I had removed the air cleaner cover before the trip, looking things over. I put it back on UPSIDE DOWN. The air intake was not lined up with the channel. The thing was sucking for air, creating a vacuum that was pulling oil out of the valve cover via the breather hose. It's a wonder the thing did as well as it did, but it ran the A/C all day long and kept things comfy.
Day 2 - used less gas, and no more oil dripping out. (Yes, I did top off in the morning, it was at the bottom of the dipstick.) Ran fine all day, but the weather was sunny and HOT coming across AR and OK. The TT heated up before got more oil in the gen and got it started, so the A/C was playing catch-up all day. Twice, the 20 amp breaker in the TT tripped. I have a remote temp sensor in the TT, so when I noticed temps starting to climb, I'd pull over, reset the breaker, and we'd be fine for another couple of hours. We'll see if that happens again tomorrow, if I'm careful to start off with the TT nice and cool. We're heading through Amarillo and into NM. I'm a bit worried that the A/C isn't going to handle the CO and UT heat during the day, and trip the breaker while we're out exploring. But I've got some things to try with the thermostat and fan settings. So far, we've had the thermostat set on 78, and the fan on constant Hi.
Already had one guy approach me at a gas station in AR and ask about it - where I got it and how much. May sell a couple of these for Champion before the trip is over. :)
