Wrong. Hammer is talking about engine RPMs at no load.. It’s rated Wattage is 3250, 4000 is surge Wattage, which means it will jump to 4000 watts quickly when you put a heavy load on it, then drop down to rated wattage. Don’t confuse RPMs and wattage, as one is engine speed and the other is the amount of work the unit can do.
Lower the RPM's and the generator is going to produce less wattage. In my case, even at 1600 rpm's, the generator is creating 130V.
Watts, from what I understand, is sort of the power. The muscle, if you will.
Amps is how much power
Where as voltage is how fast the power is being fed.
The RPM's the engine is turning has a direct effect on the voltage and the power both.
I didn't check the RPM's when I first started the gen. Only the voltage. And seen it was 183v, I reduced the RPM's as far as I could, trying to get close to the 120V mark. As much as I could reduce the RPM's (about 1650rpm), I was still at 130v. With only 1650RPM's, and still getting 130V, then as hammer stated, it must be a faulty AVR.