3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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Wyatt-S, allpraisebob, et al:
I rewired my PP3500 per Wyatt-S's drawing on his profile page, without any noticable difference in performance. Here are the symptoms (same symptoms before and after mod):
1. More often that not, when turning on A/C, the gen rapidly looses RPMs until I turn A/C off. Then I cycle A/C on/off and eventually it will start and run fine. When it decides to work, the A/C comes on quickly (less that 1 sec surge) and will keep on going (two hours sustained so far).
2. Sometimes the voltage reading inside the RV is around 100VAC, with just the inverter on. Sometimes it is around 108VAC. When the RPMs drop (symptom #1), the voltage drops also (<100VAC). When the A/C runs, the voltage will sometimes pop up to 110+, sometimes will stay at around 108, or will sometimes exhibit an oscillation (maybe 1-2 Hz, between 110 and 120VAC).
3. Using my old Sears VOM, unloaded voltages at the gen are line-line 125VAC, line1-ground 70VAC and line2-ground 40VAC.
4. With A/C on, running MW will cause the RPM drop symptom until turning it off.
5. Have never popped a CB.
Before the mod, I pulled only from the 110VAC plug. After the mod, I pulled from the 110VAC plug, and made an adapter cable and ran from the 4 prong plug (pulling from the same internal wiring but from a different plug). Same symptoms either way.
The gen starts like a champ, and I live at about 5000 feet.
Any ideas? Do I have a bad gen based on the voltage readings and inconsistent behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Desert
I rewired my PP3500 per Wyatt-S's drawing on his profile page, without any noticable difference in performance. Here are the symptoms (same symptoms before and after mod):
1. More often that not, when turning on A/C, the gen rapidly looses RPMs until I turn A/C off. Then I cycle A/C on/off and eventually it will start and run fine. When it decides to work, the A/C comes on quickly (less that 1 sec surge) and will keep on going (two hours sustained so far).
2. Sometimes the voltage reading inside the RV is around 100VAC, with just the inverter on. Sometimes it is around 108VAC. When the RPMs drop (symptom #1), the voltage drops also (<100VAC). When the A/C runs, the voltage will sometimes pop up to 110+, sometimes will stay at around 108, or will sometimes exhibit an oscillation (maybe 1-2 Hz, between 110 and 120VAC).
3. Using my old Sears VOM, unloaded voltages at the gen are line-line 125VAC, line1-ground 70VAC and line2-ground 40VAC.
4. With A/C on, running MW will cause the RPM drop symptom until turning it off.
5. Have never popped a CB.
Before the mod, I pulled only from the 110VAC plug. After the mod, I pulled from the 110VAC plug, and made an adapter cable and ran from the 4 prong plug (pulling from the same internal wiring but from a different plug). Same symptoms either way.
The gen starts like a champ, and I live at about 5000 feet.
Any ideas? Do I have a bad gen based on the voltage readings and inconsistent behavior?
Thanks in advance,
Desert
