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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Just ran my C46540 after doing the fan/flywheel mod and yes, there is a big difference in the noise. I don't have any fancy sound meters to test it with but to me, it sounded significantly quieter. It's noise isn't so "mechanical" anymore. I'd recommend this to anyone. Only cost me about $5 for the RTV and about 10 mins from start to finish.
My brother, who happens to live across the street from us had their toy hauler parked out front, getting it ready for the 4th of July trip. They have an onboard onan genny but they also have two of the Honda 2000EU units from their previous trailer. We decided to do a little test. We carried the Champion over to his trailer and he brought out his two Honda 2000EU's hooked together. He connected his trailer plug to the Honda's and cranked on his A/C. I then started the Champ and we let the two of them run side by side. My Champ didn't have any load on it (but that doesn't matter since its just as loud with or without a load). We walked back over to my house, turned around and stood there for some time to listen. By this time, we had a few of the neighbors coming out to see what all the racket was (We live on a quiet street where all the homes are two story homes so the noise these generators were putting out sounded louder than normal since the sound was bouncing off all the hard surfaces.)
Anyway, so now he have 7 guys standing in my front yard listening to our generators across the street. We asked them to listen and see which one they thought was quieter. I walked over and turned off my Champion and let just the two Hondas run for a bit. I then started up the Champion again and then turned off the Honda's and just let the Champion run for a few moments. We went through this sequence two times and when we were done 6 out of us 7 said the Champion seemed quieter. I am sure you can guess who the 1 out of 7 was that thought the Honda's were quieter, yes it was my brother who owns the Honda's and paid $2K for them. I'm sure it was just a matter of pride.
What a great generator! So glad I found this thread when I did, I was about to spend a few grand on two Honda 2000EU's units so I could run my A/C. Yes, the Honda's are quieter when they are in eco-mode but eco-mode aint going to run the a/c and microwave and that was the sole purpose of us buying a generator, to run our a/c and MW. So for all the EU owners that knock us for buying a "loud" generator, please stop harassing us to make yourselves feel better about spending 7x the money on your generators than us Chinese gen owners spent. I am very happy and would recommend anyone looking for a generator to run their RV a/c to consider the C46540 before spending thousands on the Hondas and Yamahas.
My brother, who happens to live across the street from us had their toy hauler parked out front, getting it ready for the 4th of July trip. They have an onboard onan genny but they also have two of the Honda 2000EU units from their previous trailer. We decided to do a little test. We carried the Champion over to his trailer and he brought out his two Honda 2000EU's hooked together. He connected his trailer plug to the Honda's and cranked on his A/C. I then started the Champ and we let the two of them run side by side. My Champ didn't have any load on it (but that doesn't matter since its just as loud with or without a load). We walked back over to my house, turned around and stood there for some time to listen. By this time, we had a few of the neighbors coming out to see what all the racket was (We live on a quiet street where all the homes are two story homes so the noise these generators were putting out sounded louder than normal since the sound was bouncing off all the hard surfaces.)
Anyway, so now he have 7 guys standing in my front yard listening to our generators across the street. We asked them to listen and see which one they thought was quieter. I walked over and turned off my Champion and let just the two Hondas run for a bit. I then started up the Champion again and then turned off the Honda's and just let the Champion run for a few moments. We went through this sequence two times and when we were done 6 out of us 7 said the Champion seemed quieter. I am sure you can guess who the 1 out of 7 was that thought the Honda's were quieter, yes it was my brother who owns the Honda's and paid $2K for them. I'm sure it was just a matter of pride.
What a great generator! So glad I found this thread when I did, I was about to spend a few grand on two Honda 2000EU's units so I could run my A/C. Yes, the Honda's are quieter when they are in eco-mode but eco-mode aint going to run the a/c and microwave and that was the sole purpose of us buying a generator, to run our a/c and MW. So for all the EU owners that knock us for buying a "loud" generator, please stop harassing us to make yourselves feel better about spending 7x the money on your generators than us Chinese gen owners spent. I am very happy and would recommend anyone looking for a generator to run their RV a/c to consider the C46540 before spending thousands on the Hondas and Yamahas.
