Hybridhunter wrote:
It is advertised, promoted, and sold as a 2000 watt generator. End of story.
On CPE's website, it is still to this day in the "over 1900 watt" category.
But yes, it is a reasonable deal for what it is, but a camping generator that can't reliably run 55 amp converters, is a swing and a miss.
And who wants to haul 2 generators around, at only a slight savings, to do what other brands can do with one?
It could be advertised, promoted, and sold as a 3000 watt generator, would it then be compared to a Honda 3000 watt generator?
My point is, I know it's a 1600 watt generator with the limitations that go along with that. I can live with a generator that will run a battery charger and a few lights as long as it's quiet.
Even if I use the WFCO converter in the trailer it appears that I would only have a problem if it goes into boost mode. This shouldn't be a happen if I keep the batteries charged daily. As I said before, I don't think it ever goes into boost mode anyway. From what I have read it's probably because of the cable size.
The closest real comparable generators I can find are the Generac iX1600, the ETQ IN1800i and the Honeywell 1600i. They all appear to be the same generator, just different colors. The noise level
may be higher than the Champion at 55db-65db. I say
may be higher because I can only find one reference to it and that is from a vendor.
The Briggs & Stratton 1600 gets generally good reviews and has a reported noise level of 52db-59db but sells for about $150 more than the Champion.
None of these will run in parallel.
You are correct, two CPE 2000i generators is only a slight savings over the Honda or Yamaha 2000 but again we are not doing a direct comparison. Two CPE 2000i's in parallel would be more comparable to a Honda or Yamaha 3000.
