3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Old & Slow wrote:
Crankshop1000,

Looks good. Several questions. Do you have a heat problem? Are you interested in Champion's new add-on Electric Start and remote control kits? Is your installation on a slide out tray? A $400 genset in place of maybe $4000, WOW!

I did a test run before extending the exhaust pipe and the enclosure did get quite hot.The exhaust extension seems to have taken care of excessive heat.I ran the genny in 93 degree heat and high humidity powering the roof air ,inverter etc and it did fine.I would be interested in electric start if it included an automatic choke, otherwise the unit seems to start on the first pull, so it's not a big deal.Hard to picture they could offer a reasonably priced ES kit that would upgrade the unit to remote start capable.I may fabricate a slide out tray for the genny in the future, but there isn't really much room above the genny, so it would have to be a well thought out slide.The genny isn't much trouble to wiggle out of the enclosure to fuel and service, especially when you consider the run time on a full tank. The original installation had the genny fueled by the main veh tank with a small electric fuel pump, but I didn't feel it was worth the effort to adapt the Champion to a pressure feed versus a gravity feed.I'm using a couple of cargo straps to hold the unit in place during travel in addition to a security cable lock setup.The whole genny can be pulled out in a couple of minutes through the door. Kind of nice having the original automatic transfer switch in place too, just fire up the genny and it transfers the load to the genny after about 45 seconds.Chuck.