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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Professor95,
Nice, innovative enclosure and thanks for sharing! I like how you attach the panels directly to the generator's frame rather than build a box for the unit to sit in.
Advantages of your design that come to mind are:
1. Compact.
2. Power panel with meters is exposed to the ambient air which helps to cool all of the components on the panel.
3. Besides providing sound reduction, your enclosure also provides shelter from the rain. :C cool
One suggestion I have is to have a second panel on the top which can slide out to shield the generator's power panel from the rain. This slide out panel will also help shield the generator's power panel from the sun which should help preserve it and assist with the cooling effort.
Maybe even have two small hinged panels on the slide out panel which can drop down to offer side protection from the rain. IOW, the small side panels would normally be resting flat on the top of the slide out panel. After the slide out panel is pulled out, the side panels would each be rotated 270 degrees to end up offering side protection for the generator's power panel. To even go a step further, maybe have a hinged drop down front panel too to really shield the gen's power connectors from the rain.
You have given us (me for sure) a good, compact sound proofing model to look into for our generators. Thanks!
Skyzoomer
Nice, innovative enclosure and thanks for sharing! I like how you attach the panels directly to the generator's frame rather than build a box for the unit to sit in.
Advantages of your design that come to mind are:
1. Compact.
2. Power panel with meters is exposed to the ambient air which helps to cool all of the components on the panel.
3. Besides providing sound reduction, your enclosure also provides shelter from the rain. :C cool
The engine has been converted to propane.Did this conversion make the engine any quieter than it was running on gas?
Gas tank is removed.I don't know how easy that was on the Eliminator but it looks impossible to do on the Champion C46540 without removing "everything" below the gas tank.
Sound absorbtion panels are made of fiber board sheathing.What exactly is that? Normally used for what?
Sound level was an extremely low 59 dB at the standard measurement distance of 21 feet. This is Honda 2000i quite!Excellent! If the rest of us can achieve that we would be VERY happy.
Like I said earlier, I believe the key to successfully building a compact enclosure is to get the muffler outside the box to reduce heat and ...snipSo using the stock muffler outside the box results in Honda quiet? Or did the wood sides of the platform the generator is sitting on help to muffle the stock muffler?
One suggestion I have is to have a second panel on the top which can slide out to shield the generator's power panel from the rain. This slide out panel will also help shield the generator's power panel from the sun which should help preserve it and assist with the cooling effort.
Maybe even have two small hinged panels on the slide out panel which can drop down to offer side protection from the rain. IOW, the small side panels would normally be resting flat on the top of the slide out panel. After the slide out panel is pulled out, the side panels would each be rotated 270 degrees to end up offering side protection for the generator's power panel. To even go a step further, maybe have a hinged drop down front panel too to really shield the gen's power connectors from the rain.
You have given us (me for sure) a good, compact sound proofing model to look into for our generators. Thanks!
Skyzoomer
