3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Old & Slow wrote:
Professor's idea of using Hardi products sounds good. Cover it with carpet, treated with Fire X and bingo. Yet to be tested but that will happen. Four portable panels leaving one inch of air space around the genny and I think success will follow. Make sure the panels are elevated at the bottom for air flow. Prof shows a platform elevate one 2 x 4's with a fan under the genhead air exhaust. These panels could sit on that platform. 63/64 dBA maybe? Prof will no doubt show us how.

Actually, I believe the 1/2" jameshardie concrete backer board would be adequate without carpet.

I have done some "experimentation" by placing the panels around the ELM3000. I know it will work and would not be too expensive or difficult. The Hardie-Backer is very dense and smooth. Other brands of concrete backer board are not nearly as good for this use. I built a cold air return box out of Hardi-backer last fall for use with my solid fuel furnance system.



It was easy to work with, fireproof and is uneffected by rain or water. I glued the joints with a 3M fiber mastic made for sealing duct work. If I had a 36" sheet metal shear and brake, I would have used metal - but, I don't so the Hardie-Backer worked real good as a optional material. It will most likely be fall before I get around to actually making a complete enclosure out of the stuff for the ELM3000. Maybe someone else will do it before I do and share the results?

Its time for us to hit the road. Nancy is out of school and we are going to use the kid's inheritance to buy enough fuel to get us where we want to go. Probably won't have Internet access again until mid July when we reach Emerald Isle, NC.