3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

bobandcat wrote:
Where is your enclosure's hot air exit?
Is you bottom open to allow the generator head cooling air to exit?

In the prototype, the only air exit is the 6" opening on the alternator end. I bet you are thinking that we need to draw cool air in there for the AVR and alternator itself? You may be right, and I WILL work with other possible openings to adjust air flow and noise levels. That is the beauty of using cheap, easily cut fiberboard and duct tape for a prototype - changes are easily and quickly accomplished for testing purposes. I still have 2/3 of a sheet of fiberboard lying on the garage floor to experiment with!

We know from previous postings that enclosures will work. But, the successful ones use multiple fans (consuming power) and are extremely large and bulky. The cabinets can also be expensive and time consuming to make. I also question the safety of a gasoline tank inside an enclosure. My first enclosure prototype encountered all of these problems - that is when I decided for my personal objective it is a must to get the muffler and gas tank OUTSIDE the enclosure to make it compact and more efficient.

My biggest problem right now is time. I have way too many "irons in the fire" and multiple weekend RV trips planned through November. I also plan on going back to Mississippi for a week in late October to work on still existing Katrina damage. Whacking off my little finger last Spring and having the tree fall on my boat garage did not help with the time-to-project completion ratio either. I have slated the building of a more permanent enclosure around the Champion 40008 for winter when I cannot do the necessary outside work and camping that I have on my current agenda.

I am hoping that maybe I can motivate a couple of guys to join in on the prototype process before I make my permanent enclosure this winter. Sharing is extremely beneficial.