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DINKING DK2300i-M Inverter Generator Test and Review

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Today I look at the new Dinking DK2300i-M inverter generator. After a quick unboxing, I head straight into sound testing, and electrical load testing, and I finish up with a parallel test with a Harbor Freight Predator 1600/2000 generator. This new inverter generator from Dinking Power Machinery is smaller, lighter, cheaper, AND it makes more power than the comparable Harbor Freight Predator inverter generator. This little generator would be perfect for use with smaller RV’s and/or campers… or even while tent camping in a campground. It might be a bit small to be considered “backup power” or a “backup generator”, or for use as full time power in an off grid living situation, but it might be a good supplemental power supply to a full solar system on cloudy days. It could be very useful in multiple emergency situations. It’s always handy to have a compact generator available at all times…. you never know what can happen.

If you’re not familiar with Dinking, that’s okay… they’ve been around for over a decade making many other Inverter Generators under different brand names, and private label for retail stores. Some of the other generator brands they have been manufacturing are names like “Genmax” “Duromax” “Maxpeedingrods” and I also highly suspect they are the manufacturer for many of the Harbor freight Predator line of generators. I can’t prove that with 100% certainty, but a lot of the Dinking produced generators have many of the exact same components and features as the Harbor Freight Predators. If Dinking does NOT make the Predator, I would be VERY surprised, and I would wonder how a different manufacturer has access to many of the identical components that are used by Dinking. This little inverter generator is very impressive for it’s size. It runs very quiet, it’s easy to start, it makes VERY “CLEAN” electricity and best of all, it’s cheaper than the comparable competition. What’s not to like? If you’re in the market for a new inverter generator in this size category, be sure to look at this new Dinking DK2300i-M inverter generator. It’s hard to beat.

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How To Get Full Power From Predator 3500 Inverter Generator, Camping Or Home Backup Distribution Box

Harbor Freight Predator 3500 Inverter Generator Power Distribution Accessory Box for Camping or Emergency Home Backup. Get FULL power From Your Harbor Freight Generator (or any other brand) while adding extra safety and power cord length to get the generator away from the camp site to help control sound. I made this portable power distribution box (some people would call this a spider box) for three reasons:

1) Get full power output from the generator. This box allows me to use the large RV plug on the generator while tent or truck camping to get the full potential power output from the generator without owning an actual RV. I cannot get the full 3500 watts out of the standard outlet on the front panel of the Harbor Freight Predator generator. The one standard outlet on the front panel is only capable of supplying between 1800 to 2400 watts (best case scenario), but I paid for 3500 watts, peak. This portable power distribution box allows me to use the 30 amp round RV plug to get the full 3500 watts. This same type of power distribution box (spider box) would also work on just about any of the other import inverter generators that are on the market today, Harbor Freight Predator, WEN, Northern Tool Powerhorse, Westinghouse, Champion, Generac, Ryobi, etc…. Even the Honda and the Yamaha generators could benefit from a spider box like this.

2) Added safety. None of the built-in outlets of the front panel of this generator have GFCI protected outlets. My new portable power distribution box has two, 20 amp GFCI outlets. I am sure there will be a few people that will say GFCI outlets are not needed on a generator but I cannot thing of a single scenario where using GFCI outlets is MORE dangerous than NOT using them. I would MUCH rather know that I have GFCI protection while camping in the woods that are soaking wet from all the rain that usually falls in the area where I typically camp.

3) Sound control. The cord on my spider box is 25 feet by itself, plus I have an additional 100 feet of extension cord that will potentially allow me to push my generator 125 feet into the wood, away from my campsite, to help greatly with sound control. This generator is already very quiet, but the further away I can get ANY generator from my campsite, the better my overall camping experience will be.

Please leave a comment below and let me know if something like this would be handy for YOUR camping situation. Also, please ask any question that you may have.