Extender Gas Cans
This past weekend, we had up to 10 hours running time in my RV with our Honda 2000 on 'ECO' mode. It was running the lights, furnace fan, fridge, radio, and about 300 watts of other equipment (we run...
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DarkSkySeeker wrote:
This past weekend, we had up to 10 hours running time in my RV with our Honda 2000 on 'ECO' mode. It was running the lights, furnace fan, fridge, radio, and about 300 watts of other equipment (we run telescopes, cameras, and laptops).
We were boondocking where generator sounds were not an issue since we had no neighbors.
Rather than have to 'gas up' first thing in the morning or top off, I am considering an extender gas can. So of course I have questions.
Given the photos of extender can products, is it true that the Honda siphons from the extender can? Is there a special cap for the Honda? Since I can run close to 10 hours on the gallon of fuel in the Honda, are there 2-3 gallon extenders? Are there preferred brands? Can I refuel the extender can while the Honda runs?
Go to ebay or amazon and buy an extended run gas cap, then you can either buy locally or through ebay/amazon a boat gas tank that you like. Then all you need is the fittings to go from the new gas cap to the hose, then to the tank. If you have an outboard boat, use that model.
It is that simple, no need to pay someone a lot of extra money to get those things for you unless you prefer to.
I have a six and a half gallon tank with dual outlets so I can run both generators on one tank if I want to use air conditioning, and a three gallon that is much easier to deal with for one generator.
