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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jimmyfred wrote:
..........The weight difference between the 6.5 Hp Champion 3.5kw with the 30 amp RV plug and this Lp ginset is the Lp model engine is much heavier ! The 333 cc displacement is rated at either 11 or 13 Hp for Honda models . 170 Lbs. for the Lp Champion vs 105 for the 3.5kw RV model . , jf
This info may sound crazy, but then again it it part of a government regulation and as such does not have to come under the category of "common sense".
EPA and CARB have an entirely different set of standards for emissions from a gasoline fueled engine generator and a LPG fueled engine generator. Eventhough a gasoline engine generator converted to LPG (as many of us have done on our units) is considered to be much cleaner than gasoline, it will not meet CARB nor EPA emissions standards required for new factory built LPG engine fueled generators.
In order to meet the much higher and more stringent emission standards for use of LPG, the cylinder head, intake, combustion chamber, valve size, spark plug, camshaft and ignition timing must all be altered. The changes made to the basic gasoline engine to allow LPG usage for factory models results in a decrease in horse power. To make up the difference, a larger displacement engine block is used.
What I have never understood about this emissions and efficiency ruling logic is how are you creating lower emissions for a stated displacement/fuel engine when you must use a larger and less fuel efficient engine that ultimately produces the same amount of CO2 per power unit? :S
But, like oxgenated gas that gives less miles per gallon than unoxgenated, requiring more fuel to be burned to get an equivalent amount of BTU energy release that results in equal emissions; expending 1.5 units of petro based energy to produce 1.0 unit of alcohol spposedly to save petro energy; and the latest from CARB to outlaw black cars in CA while requiring all others to have reflective paints that contain toxic copper and cadium metals so air conditioners can be smaller - thus saving an average of eight gallons of gas and 250# of C02 emissions per year. :h
