3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Interesting. I have a PD9145 in my camper that I installed to replace an old ferroresonant converter. I have had no problem with the 9145 operating from shore power or generator.

I'm strongly suspecting that the PD9160 is not simply a beefier version of the 9145 for 2 reasons: (1) They run at a different switching frequency (I don't remember how I found that out), and (2) Their physical design is so much different (as opposed to the 9180 looking obviously like a bigger version of the 9160). So possibly the 9145 is more tolerant of the input power quality than the 9160, or another possible problem is the 9160's large amount of 50 kHz. trash placed on the incoming power line could be affecting the generator's voltage regulator. I've read that some switching power supplies can severely affect emergency backup generators.

All of the current numbers I listed previously were made while driving a fixed resistive load. When my own PD9160a was pushing 60+ amps its output voltage was pulled down to 13.4 . I don't have the voltage numbers from the person who took the other current measurements.

(I hope that nobody gets annoyed that there are several different discussions going on this one thread).