3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

MrWizard wrote:

I will say this, we got annoyed using it for the electric drip coffee maker, we like to leave the coffee maker on to keep the coffee warm, the heating element cycles on and off, the 'Inverter' genny is 'RAMPING up & down' every few minutes, this is very annoying, i would rather listen to a constant drone. so either i am going to have to turn the coffee maker off, and deal with heating cold coffee in the MW, or run the Champ or Onan for coffee, and use the HW only after morning coffee is finished.

I did try switching econ OFF, which raised the basic speed up so the RAMPING difference was not as great, but it still ramped up & down with the cycling of the coffee maker.

IF you are the type that makes drip coffee, then turns off the coffee maker, because you consume it pretty quick and it won't get cold, then you won't get annoyed,

its a totally personal thing, but something i've NEVER SEEN mentioned in any previous generator thread

since inverter generators are quieter, it may be less noticeable further from the campsite or less noticeable if you are watching the morning news on TV.

everything has its place, and i'm not ready to dump my Champion.

I've mentioned the cycling versus constant drone in several generator threads.

The last time was here.

In fact, proving great minds think alike, I actually mentioned your exact scenario.

ME wrote:
Now believe it or not, I have been woken up more by inverter generators than by open-frame/non-contractor generators. The reasoning is that most folks who have louder generators give some thought to when they run them and do as I do, run them during the busier times of the day. I've found a lot of folks who spend the additional money think they have a lack of consideration pass with regard to their neighbors. Most turn it on eco-mode or even feel entitled to run them outside of generator hours, and forget the noise they make when they hit their electric coffee makers in the very early morning hours.

It is also easier for me to tune out a consistent noise instead of one that keeps cycling. The constant becomes like white noise and fades into the background. The cycling up and down and the revving of the generator that goes with it bugs me because my brain keeps notifying me of the change.

So for me it was a $300 Champion, and a couple hundred more for some additional battery capacity and hardware to hook it up.

Just keeping it real for the Champion.;)