3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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I went and picked up the 3500 Power-pro last night from Pep-Boys.
Went home put gas and oil in it. Started on the first pull, purrs like a kitten. Surprised me that it was in fact not as loud as I thought! I had it 10 ft from the trailer on the backside and I could sit under the awning on the other side and have a normal conversation.
I plugged in using my standard 30a to 15amp adapter and plugged into the household 120 on the gen.
Fired up the AC with outside air at 95 degrees no problem; in just under 2 hours the inside of the 30ft Cougar fiver was 73 degrees. The AC was pushing air out around 40 degrees.
It did also run my microwave with the AC running but it struggled. It made water hot in 60 seconds in the mic. Not a biggie for me though I'll only run one at a time. AC or Microwave.
With the AC running the plugs in the fiver all had 108.5-111 volts. So it seems to be within the 10% voltage drop.
I talked to a guy at Powerpro this morning and he said the 120v only provides around 13amps? Is this true? He also stated that I could use the 4 prong twist lock and build my own adapter and the 240v plug in would give more like 23-25amps.
Can anyone point me to the thread about how to build your own adapter for the twist lock?
Thumbs up on the Power-pro; hope it lasts a few years though :)
Went home put gas and oil in it. Started on the first pull, purrs like a kitten. Surprised me that it was in fact not as loud as I thought! I had it 10 ft from the trailer on the backside and I could sit under the awning on the other side and have a normal conversation.
I plugged in using my standard 30a to 15amp adapter and plugged into the household 120 on the gen.
Fired up the AC with outside air at 95 degrees no problem; in just under 2 hours the inside of the 30ft Cougar fiver was 73 degrees. The AC was pushing air out around 40 degrees.
It did also run my microwave with the AC running but it struggled. It made water hot in 60 seconds in the mic. Not a biggie for me though I'll only run one at a time. AC or Microwave.
With the AC running the plugs in the fiver all had 108.5-111 volts. So it seems to be within the 10% voltage drop.
I talked to a guy at Powerpro this morning and he said the 120v only provides around 13amps? Is this true? He also stated that I could use the 4 prong twist lock and build my own adapter and the 240v plug in would give more like 23-25amps.
Can anyone point me to the thread about how to build your own adapter for the twist lock?
Thumbs up on the Power-pro; hope it lasts a few years though :)
