3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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racefan1965 wrote:
Holy mackeral! 110volts and 41.6 AMPS! I could run everything at once!!!! I'd say it's a typo but they also say it will put out 20.8amps at 240volts. I too wonder how this can be? Maybe the prfessor or Mr.Wizzard or one of the other more knowledgable ones out there will enligthten us.
Northern does not have the best reputation for getting things right in some of their specs. They recently advertised their open frame 3,500 watt All-Power as a digital unit. Of course, this was an error.
If you look on page 15 of their 2008 Fall/Winter Master Catalog you will indeed see a 3,500 watt genny proclaiming 41.6 amps at 120 volts and 20.8 at 240 volts. But, if you look at the 6,000 watt unit directly under the 3,500, you will note identical amperage ratings. Apparently, whoever was typing in the info for the catalog must have looked away from their copy to grab a cup of Joe and skipped down a few lines for the specs.
For the record, if we divide the 2,800 running watt rating of the catalog #166510 by 120 volts AC we end up with a 23.3 amp rating.
BTW, did anyone check out the Chinese built Honda EP2500 on page 12 "discount" priced for $849.99?
