3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:
Maurice,

I don't know any other way to say this, so here goes...... You are an apparently intelligent and talented man. But, you are not applying that intelligence to the fuel feed situation. I will try one more time out of the interest of safety for you and your family. Please, DO NOT feed the Chinese generator carburetor with a single line pressurized fuel pump. You are getting this advice from someone who has studied the design of the carburetor and knows the risks, not a casual writer with JAFO. The float bowl in your carb is cheap, thin plastic, it is not soldered brass or nylon. These floats have a reputation for cracking with the stock fuel system. When they crack, they fill with gas and drop, allowing fuel to continuously flow. The needle valve and seat are not a matched set of neoprene seals. Again, a solid metal needle and cheap plastic seat. It is NOT designed for pressure. It will leak regardless of how well it has worked for the past few hours. When it leaks gasoline will run out of the vent in the side of the fuel bowl and drain down into the compartment. The vapors will accumulate in an ignition rich environment. Is it really worth the stubbornest against doing it right and the risk?

Professor... I am sure that there must be some sort of transfer switch. After all, I am planning to connect this generator to the same three wires that I disconnected from the Onan that I removed. I will do some research on this.

Regarding the gas line.. I'm not being stubborn, just curious and adventurous. I wanted to have creative contribution to the process that I could share. Nonetheless, I finally hear you and will set up the return line. I actually bought another 15 feet of fuel line just incase I had to go this route.

I do appreciate the stern advice. I'm not listening, so you gotta say it louder, right?