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 got a lemon Champion Genny... I just want to share with you guys my experience since my next step will be to take it to the dump.
I have a 46540 RV Ready genny that worked great for the first 400 hrs. I did all the maintenance as required by the manual. It is mounted on a sliding shelf in my MH compartment. The loads have not changed: A/C, Microwave, TV, DVD player, Small electric fridge. The genny could handle everything and only with the larger loads, the speed changed for a second or so. After 400 Hrs of use, it began to bog down a lot when using the Microwave or the A/C. I PM the The Professor who suggested I needed a new carb.
I called Champion and spoke with all the Gurus, Paul, Jim, now Juan. They ruled out the carburetor from the start(??). They had me do all kinds of checks and adjustments(Valves, RPM, Electrical output,...)
Now, Juan tells me the engine is shot and I need to rebuild it but that I might as well get a new one. AFTER ONLY 600 HRS??
Now this is the situation: genny works great on everything except microwave or A/C(serious speed change, but works). Also I cannot get the RPM right: checking the microwave's timer against a separate digital timer, the microwave is running too fast(13 sec faster) than my hand held timer. Turning the yellow screw CCW(several turns!!) I can make the microwave's timer match my hand held, but the engine speed is now so slow that the microwave kills it. Any ideas before the dump?
PS: no intention to hijack this thread; if I should post somewhere else let me know.
I have a 46540 RV Ready genny that worked great for the first 400 hrs. I did all the maintenance as required by the manual. It is mounted on a sliding shelf in my MH compartment. The loads have not changed: A/C, Microwave, TV, DVD player, Small electric fridge. The genny could handle everything and only with the larger loads, the speed changed for a second or so. After 400 Hrs of use, it began to bog down a lot when using the Microwave or the A/C. I PM the The Professor who suggested I needed a new carb.
I called Champion and spoke with all the Gurus, Paul, Jim, now Juan. They ruled out the carburetor from the start(??). They had me do all kinds of checks and adjustments(Valves, RPM, Electrical output,...)
Now, Juan tells me the engine is shot and I need to rebuild it but that I might as well get a new one. AFTER ONLY 600 HRS??
Now this is the situation: genny works great on everything except microwave or A/C(serious speed change, but works). Also I cannot get the RPM right: checking the microwave's timer against a separate digital timer, the microwave is running too fast(13 sec faster) than my hand held timer. Turning the yellow screw CCW(several turns!!) I can make the microwave's timer match my hand held, but the engine speed is now so slow that the microwave kills it. Any ideas before the dump?
PS: no intention to hijack this thread; if I should post somewhere else let me know.
