3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

jbobst wrote:
... So the question is, is there any sort of design feature that will disconnect the load of the RV before start up and before shut down...while you are plugged in? I have always been told that you need to let the generator run a few minutes before adding a load, and also kill the load and let it run a few minutes before it shuts down.

If I have to go plug in and unplug the shore cord from my RV every day before I start it up and shut it down, the remote start really isn't much of a benefit ...

I don't think you have to run the genset for several minutes before adding a load, I think it just needs to be unloaded when the genset is started so you're not trying to bring the alternator on-line already loaded. The Prof can either correct me or probably explain technically. In my remote-start conversion, it's moot because I also wired the genset to the FW through an automatic transfer switch, so it waits 20-30 seconds to let the generator stabilize before the transfer!

However, I was actually much more interested in the ability to remotely stop the generator! Seems in the dry camping situations where I use a genset, I've been running it in the evening (if in a 24 hr generator section like they have at Oshkosh/AirVenture), watching a movie and running the A/C, and now it's bedtime and I'm tired and want to go to bed. I turn everything off, head for the bed and hear the generator running! How nice to just pick up the remote, push a button, and done! Also nice if threatening weather's coming, a down-pour starts and your nice and dry inside and want to shut it down! Of course, since your inside, you can turn everything off and shed the load before shutdown.

Of course, the REAL utility of remotely stopping it is when your at some distance away and a neighbor camper tells you "some idiot" has a generator (yours) that is disturbing him. You can smile, slip your hand in your pocket, kill the generator, and say, "Which generator are you talking about?";)

Regards,
John