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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Professor95 - I'll pass on the Delete button for you this time...
I have been watching as the interest in installing the portable generators is getting stronger. I have a safety concern with what I see.
I see no one addressing the various safety codes that pertain to generators installed in RV's; and, while I don't have the current requirements, I do have references to some that applied to my old installation (in 1989 in my '90 Champion LaSalle). And my old National Electric Code (1993) also includes a reference to other codes that apply.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) provides some of these, such as the NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code; NFPA 58, the LP Gas Code (that applies to the ASME tanks and DOT cylinders and the installation in RV's).
The NEC I have references NFPA 501C for the compartment construction requirements.
My Kohler manual references:
1. ANSI/RVIA EGS-1
2. ANSI A 119.2/NFPA 501C
3. NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code
4. Any state and local regulations (states and local regulatory offices may amend codes to meet requirements they choose).
Today, these have no doubt been updated from when my MH was built and my books were written; and there may be new requirements.
I'll not speculate on legal liabilities for disasters that may occur from not meeting those codes; i.e. fire that damages several RV's. Or from selling a unit that has been modified to someone that has a disaster that may (or may not) have been prevented if the codes had been followed. There is an old saying that "...ignorance of the law is not an excuse."
I think it would be valuable for someone to post the pertinent parts of any and all regulations governing installing any generator in an RV - maybe someone that is planning on do it or has an interest and access to all the current codes and requirements.
One area that there may be readily available information is the addition of gasoline tanks and plumbing in a trailer - the toy haulers often have a "fuel station" as an option.
I suspect that meeting those requirements, and providing appropriate installation instructions in manuals, is at least part of the reason that the Honda, Onan, Generac, Kohler, et al RV generators are a bit more expensive than the portable units that have become so popular.
And I'll end with this reminder from the Forum Rules: "Other than enforcing the above rules, the management and staff does not attempt to validate any comments or recommendations provided by participants. As such, The Open Roads Forum is not responsible for any inaccuracies that may result in personal injury or damage."
Mel
I have been watching as the interest in installing the portable generators is getting stronger. I have a safety concern with what I see.
I see no one addressing the various safety codes that pertain to generators installed in RV's; and, while I don't have the current requirements, I do have references to some that applied to my old installation (in 1989 in my '90 Champion LaSalle). And my old National Electric Code (1993) also includes a reference to other codes that apply.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) provides some of these, such as the NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code; NFPA 58, the LP Gas Code (that applies to the ASME tanks and DOT cylinders and the installation in RV's).
The NEC I have references NFPA 501C for the compartment construction requirements.
My Kohler manual references:
1. ANSI/RVIA EGS-1
2. ANSI A 119.2/NFPA 501C
3. NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code
4. Any state and local regulations (states and local regulatory offices may amend codes to meet requirements they choose).
Today, these have no doubt been updated from when my MH was built and my books were written; and there may be new requirements.
I'll not speculate on legal liabilities for disasters that may occur from not meeting those codes; i.e. fire that damages several RV's. Or from selling a unit that has been modified to someone that has a disaster that may (or may not) have been prevented if the codes had been followed. There is an old saying that "...ignorance of the law is not an excuse."
I think it would be valuable for someone to post the pertinent parts of any and all regulations governing installing any generator in an RV - maybe someone that is planning on do it or has an interest and access to all the current codes and requirements.
One area that there may be readily available information is the addition of gasoline tanks and plumbing in a trailer - the toy haulers often have a "fuel station" as an option.
I suspect that meeting those requirements, and providing appropriate installation instructions in manuals, is at least part of the reason that the Honda, Onan, Generac, Kohler, et al RV generators are a bit more expensive than the portable units that have become so popular.
And I'll end with this reminder from the Forum Rules: "Other than enforcing the above rules, the management and staff does not attempt to validate any comments or recommendations provided by participants. As such, The Open Roads Forum is not responsible for any inaccuracies that may result in personal injury or damage."
Mel
