3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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A note on another brand of generator.
The brand is Wen power.
If someone has already commented on it, forgive me.
They are selling here locally at Menards. Menards has a ~850W 2 cycle version 3500W version, and a 5500W version.
The 850W version is around $150 The 5500W is about $500
The 3500W version is the same general line as the ~3000W units we have all been talking about. The unit Menards has, looks well built. With voltage selector switch, a twist lock 240V plug, a duplex receptacle, and a 12V DC lighter plug.
The price is $299 which is in line with the other 3000W china clones in this area.
It says it has an AVR which is a bonus for some, and a ban for others (me included)
They had the owners manual out on the shelf for people to look at. I looked at the schematic.
Warning!!!!
The big problem I seen with it is you do NOT want to use that lighter plug for actually powering anything. Don’t plug your cell phone charger in, or a DC powered TV, it will either fry it, or it just won‘t work.
Just because they put a lighter plug on it, doesn’t mean they put anything else there to drive it. The lighter plug just has the same unfiltered rectifier driving it that the other generators with the binding post have. So if you hook anything to it, it will just be powered by an unfiltered pulsating DC.
The only use the lighter plug would be is with a 12V incandescent light, or with a lighter cord with a set of battery clips on the other end for charging a battery
The brand is Wen power.
If someone has already commented on it, forgive me.
They are selling here locally at Menards. Menards has a ~850W 2 cycle version 3500W version, and a 5500W version.
The 850W version is around $150 The 5500W is about $500
The 3500W version is the same general line as the ~3000W units we have all been talking about. The unit Menards has, looks well built. With voltage selector switch, a twist lock 240V plug, a duplex receptacle, and a 12V DC lighter plug.
The price is $299 which is in line with the other 3000W china clones in this area.
It says it has an AVR which is a bonus for some, and a ban for others (me included)
They had the owners manual out on the shelf for people to look at. I looked at the schematic.
Warning!!!!
The big problem I seen with it is you do NOT want to use that lighter plug for actually powering anything. Don’t plug your cell phone charger in, or a DC powered TV, it will either fry it, or it just won‘t work.
Just because they put a lighter plug on it, doesn’t mean they put anything else there to drive it. The lighter plug just has the same unfiltered rectifier driving it that the other generators with the binding post have. So if you hook anything to it, it will just be powered by an unfiltered pulsating DC.
The only use the lighter plug would be is with a 12V incandescent light, or with a lighter cord with a set of battery clips on the other end for charging a battery
