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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dash8wrench wrote:
Well, I haven't seen this one listed yet, or I might have over looked it. We stopped into Big Lots in Greensboro, NC this afternoon returning from the antique farm show in Denton, NC. While walking around I noticed this unit. I immediately took it down from the shelf and opened it up to see if it was comparable to the others being discussed. It looked to be the same and since I didn't want to pay shipping from partsamerica.com, well, it just followed me home. Price was $288. Manual was vague on choke operation and it didn't start on first or second pull, so I set the choke lever in oposite direction and it started with a nice mellow sound. I ran around to the back of the trailer and brought out the power cord and 15 amp adapter. Plugged it up and hit the AC. Engine expressed it's acquisition of a load with a bit louder rumble but it didn't hiccup one bit. Sure could have used it the past 2 nights when the temps didn't seem to drop below 80 all night. Engine is noticeably less noisy than the 1850 watt Coleman we had used for the weekend.
To add to MrWizard's comment.....
I made a brief posting on this unit several weeks back. From all identifing marks (stampings, castings, etc.) it appears to be a unit made by Jiang Dong. Other units made by JD have proved to be pretty good. I agree with MrWizard, full power at 110 volts to one outlet is there.
The only problem is that the voltage regulator is rather "primitive" when compared to the yellow painted cousin currently available. I have compared outputs of both and the distortion on the yellow one is considerably lower - which is why my JD unit runs the microwave in my camper at double speed.
Other than that - you should find that it will run all other appliances in your RV just fine - including TV, laptop, and AC.
We just got back from a five night trip. It was nice to get out. We did not need the generator since we had a 50 amp hookup. It was 99 in the shade when we got home, so I fired up the generator to cool the camper down with the AC while we unloaded and did the post trip clean-up inside. It was nice having that option available since my circuit capacity and power cord rating to the camper from the house will not run the AC (upgrade on my long list of around-toits).
