Generators

I have Honda EU1000 for battery charging. The generator has not run correctly from day one. I finally took the carb off and broke the fuel screw off and removed it. I bought a replacement needle and adjusted is correctly. It now runs smooth. This procedure was a total PIA because I had to remove the carb to make needle adjustments. I should not have had to do this for a high priced red generator. I've switched to a blue 3000iseb now. I hope it doesn’t need to be redesigned.
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honestly, for powering the fridge its kinda pointless as the fridge cycles with demand and you would have to run genny around that. Better to run it off gas.

I had a yami 1000 and it weighted in at 25lbs, held .6 gallons of gas and would run about 12 hours and charge my batteries, and is plenty of juice to power most newer tvs, LED/LCD. Also was great to start up on cold nights when furnace was off and on, my batteries would be chagred in the a.m.

2oldman wrote:

Nomad wrote:
I don't want to power anything but frig and T V.

Then you don't need a generator. For refer use gas. For TV use an inverter/batteries.

Here we go. Derailing off topic. Let's look at windmills also.

flyinguy68 wrote:

Nomad wrote:
Thanks for the info it is much appreciated.
I don't want to power anything but frig and T V.

In my humble opinion if all you want to run are those 2 things, anything 3000 watts whether it's red, blue or yellow is overkill and way too much money. the 2000 watt units are much cheaper and easier to move around by yourself. High end are the Honda & Yamaha 2000 (aka the red & the blue) they will probably run you about $1000 give or take, and will get approx. 1800 running watts give or take.

I bought one Chinese brand called "Powerhouse" which lasted me a year then wouldn't start anymore. I'm now am a happy owner of a "Champion" 2000 watt inverter. It was only 6 or 7 hundred dollars in comparison to the Red & blue but it starts every time without a fuss. It is only rated at 1700 running watts compared to the 1800 for Honda which for $400 savings I am a-ok with.

As someone above stated, most of the 2000 watt inverters can be paired with a twin to double your wattage and still be around the same price as a 3000 watt unit. To me that is the way to go. I.E. if you pair 2 Honda 2000's you will effectively get 3600 watts as opposed to a Honda 3000 which will only give you about 2800 running watts if I recall correctly. The price is very close and you can handle a 2000 much more easily than a 3000.

Hope that helps a bit.

P.S. I also have and would recommend if you are boondocking (you don't have nearby camping neighbors), that you consider a Champion 3000 conventional generator. They are louder and it will be heavy, but mine only cost me around 3 or 400, and again it has been very reliable. Choke it and it fires right up going on 3 years now.

I assume you are camping at the end of an airport runway if you think a champion 3000 is the way to go. I go "camping" to get away from the noise and am sure not going to listen to a construction site type generator wailing away all day/night.

You could get the EU6500i, that would get you the same output in a quieter package. That's the one I'm looking at, just can't come up with the $$ right now.

OP was also looking for unit to provide power during outage. I bought one of these

http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/em6500

for my folks house. It's not as quite at 2 2K units but close and the options it provides are fantastic for what I paid. Wheels and handles make for easy transport in TH and provide great backup at home. It will run 2 big campers at the same time including AC's, catch them on sale between disasters!

If you have a place for one, I've seen brand new 4000 watt onan RV type genneys going through ebay for under $2000.

Ditto on the Champion 3500/4000. It's louder but not that bad and it's only $300 at most retail locations. I love mine but don't use it anymore because my TH has an on board genny.

Nomad wrote:
Thanks for the info it is much appreciated.
I don't want to power anything but frig and T V.

In my humble opinion if all you want to run are those 2 things, anything 3000 watts whether it's red, blue or yellow is overkill and way too much money. the 2000 watt units are much cheaper and easier to move around by yourself. High end are the Honda & Yamaha 2000 (aka the red & the blue) they will probably run you about $1000 give or take, and will get approx. 1800 running watts give or take.

I bought one Chinese brand called "Powerhouse" which lasted me a year then wouldn't start anymore. I'm now am a happy owner of a "Champion" 2000 watt inverter. It was only 6 or 7 hundred dollars in comparison to the Red & blue but it starts every time without a fuss. It is only rated at 1700 running watts compared to the 1800 for Honda which for $400 savings I am a-ok with.

As someone above stated, most of the 2000 watt inverters can be paired with a twin to double your wattage and still be around the same price as a 3000 watt unit. To me that is the way to go. I.E. if you pair 2 Honda 2000's you will effectively get 3600 watts as opposed to a Honda 3000 which will only give you about 2800 running watts if I recall correctly. The price is very close and you can handle a 2000 much more easily than a 3000.

Hope that helps a bit.

P.S. I also have and would recommend if you are boondocking (you don't have nearby camping neighbors), that you consider a Champion 3000 conventional generator. They are louder and it will be heavy, but mine only cost me around 3 or 400, and again it has been very reliable. Choke it and it fires right up going on 3 years now.

I saw an add listing the 2K Honda for $925, about 1/2 of a 3K.
Lighter, smaller, quieter and enough for most anything you will need.
It won't run our 13.5K A/C, but I have a portable A/C that it will run.