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Re: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
On the load test, I ran a 1500W space heater and a 150W quartz light plugged in for 40 minutes. BUT.... case in point, I flounder gig here along the coast with a few friends and to prove I have better toys than them, I used my Champion to run 6ea 300W (=1800W) lights while we were out (October 15). While we're running the lights for about an hour at a time while pushing through the flats, we had one point where we pushed for almost 2 hours, mine never overloaded. I cant speak for others. Another test I did, with my Fleetwood, I ran my central air (compressor engaged) for 25-30 minutes), the microwave, and kicked all the lights on in the RV. Running watts on the AC should be around 2300W, microwave 900W, battery charger/inverter 400-500W, and my 20" LCD TV. I relaxed and let everything run. On the topic of db levels, the Champions are much quieter and the open frame units. Of course, using the throttle control options, it's 53db at 21'. Turnn off the throttle control, let it run wide open, and it's running at 58db. That's using my own Scosche decible meter and testing in an open area with no obstructions to interfere with the meters reading. My open frame 4000W Champions are running 67db at 21'. I've seen where a few manufactures are building the inverts using open frames....havent worked on any of those yet.326Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
Gentleman, Sams sells the parallel kit for abt $62. And yes, you can parallel these together to make 4000W. I completed a test last week to verify output and the two units together held 4000W without going into an overload condition. I do know this, on one occation I had the curcuit braker on the front of the unit "pop" before the unit's overload light came on. I reset it...and all was good. I've also read others having the same thing happen.324Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
I agree with the price debate....the generators nice, but its not a Honda. Will the public pay $700 for an untested gen-set, probably not. I personally feel the prices on these, much like the Briggs & Straton inverts, will settle around $600. From my experience, I think the RV crowd will dictate the price of these as these units are aimed more toward that group of users . I do know the public support and feedback is good on these units, what's not certain is how they'll hold up long term. I use two of them, & love 'em. I do have a EU2000 that I used with my old Sunline 15, it's getting some age on it, but otherwise works well. I'm planning a week in Daytona for the races and will use these two Champions for the 6 days I'm down there, I'll let you all know how they do. I apologize for the last post (the deleted one), I didnt mean to sound off as a vendor!325Views0likes0Comments
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