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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youth4him wrote:
For those of you that might be interested, I created a sound enclosure for the genset, which has worked quite well. I don't have a meter, so just have to say it's substantially quiter than out of the box.
Thermal measurements indicate without the box, 115 degrees, with the box, about 150 or so with IR temp at the block on various places. This is still way within the operating limits.
If you have questions, please ask, if you want to tell me I'm an idiot, keep it to yourself, I'm very familiar with my own inadequacies. :B
Sound Abatement Enclosure
Thanks for sharing your results. I built one similar. It was expensive at around $15:W I have about 3" of space on the front and back and about 4" on either side. I left about 1.5" around the bottom because it will be in grass most of the time. I mounted the fan on the ceiling over the muffler. I used ceiling tile as insulation. I may, scratch that - WILL, replace it with something that doesn't itch. My question is what is the operating temp. range on these gensets? With an IR gun I get about 160F on the block in ambient conditions (85F) with no box. With the box on, I get close to 190F. I haven't properly extended the muffler pipe yet which should help. I just stuck a pipe up against it temporarily but it shouldn't be too much different. I'm concerned about temp. This football season it will be around 95F in Clemson, SC at the start of the season. After messing with the ceiling tile, I'm not so sure a box couldn't be made with just that, or make some type of insulation tent. It would be a lot lighter.
