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 have finally read through virtually all of the posts on the 88 pages! Whew! Thanks to you all for your input as this is so helpful. Professor, you have educated another student, and I mean that seriously. Thank you!
I bought a Generac 4000XL when we bought our Popup in 1999. I have used it twice. It has run a max of 5 hours! Why? Because of complaints from others over the noise. According to Camping World (who suggested I purchase this unit as being the quietest at the size I needed to run the A/C and so on)the noise rating is 86 dB at 3.5 feet and 73 dB at 23.5 feet. I paid about $700 at Home Depot for this thing and the price for the same unit today remains largely unchanged. Camping World was about $200 more, plus shipping.
With what you folks are finding out with your gensets, is there enough of a noise reduction with the Honda Clones to try and sell my Generac and purchase one of these other models? What is the average distance you are taking your sound measurements at?
We now have an older Lance truck camper and miss the convenience of the internal genset we had in our old Class C. I either need to build a box for the Generac and/or purchase one of the Chinese gensets so that we aren't "boo-ed" out of the campground.
Last question, on my Generac, we rigged up an adapter so that we could use the NEMA 30 amp plug. Is this not possible with the Chinese gensets you are using?
Thanks Again for your input!
I bought a Generac 4000XL when we bought our Popup in 1999. I have used it twice. It has run a max of 5 hours! Why? Because of complaints from others over the noise. According to Camping World (who suggested I purchase this unit as being the quietest at the size I needed to run the A/C and so on)the noise rating is 86 dB at 3.5 feet and 73 dB at 23.5 feet. I paid about $700 at Home Depot for this thing and the price for the same unit today remains largely unchanged. Camping World was about $200 more, plus shipping.
With what you folks are finding out with your gensets, is there enough of a noise reduction with the Honda Clones to try and sell my Generac and purchase one of these other models? What is the average distance you are taking your sound measurements at?
We now have an older Lance truck camper and miss the convenience of the internal genset we had in our old Class C. I either need to build a box for the Generac and/or purchase one of the Chinese gensets so that we aren't "boo-ed" out of the campground.
Last question, on my Generac, we rigged up an adapter so that we could use the NEMA 30 amp plug. Is this not possible with the Chinese gensets you are using?
Thanks Again for your input!
