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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jjleprikon wrote:
Anyone know about the Amico 3000/3300? I saw that question asked a few pages back, but no responses yet. I like that one because it seems to be smaller and is advertised to run longer, but then it is fewer watts too.
I received my Amico 3300 yesterday. I would guess there was about 12 lbs. of packing material consisting of portable power supply boxes flattened out inside the shipping box. Did the job though and the generator arrived unharmed and with no oil spilled as others have had happen. I must say that I am NOT impressed with the noise of this unit. Seems to be made well enough. Not as good as my Generac, but it's also half the price. I placed the Amico and the Generac within about 5 feet of each other, started one, and walked 23 feet away, then the same with the other. Very little difference in noise, at least to my ear. The Generac is rated at 73db and the Amico at 65db. Maybe with some sort of noise meter but not to my ear. They were very close. And, the Generac can be quieted down by the use of the smart throttle-type feature. All in all, I think I just blew $350. Added to the cost of the Generac, that put me just over what the Kipor inverter (another Honda knockoff) would have run me. But it is rated at 64db, just slightly less than the Amico. Makes me wonder how accurate these noise ratings are. I have to do some voltage tests tonight and see what happens with running my air and so on. I suspect I will have to do some rewiring as many of you have already done with your gensets. The Amico has two recepticles rated at 120v/15amp and one 240/20amp. All in all, since I was buying the second genset to get around some of the noise complaints of the Generac, I am very disappointed. It may run great, but if it's too noisy, I'll never get a chance to find out how well it might run. For those who might be interested in this unit, I will post the results of the power output tests once I've had a chance to run them.
Have any of you successfully built a noise reduction box for your gensets? That is my only option now.
Thanks!
