Generator Help - need to buy in next week...
So - we aren't too savvy with understanding how to measure what kind of generator power we need to get when we buy one within the next week. We know it will be an investment. Here are the details:...
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Since your primary concern is battery charging I will tell you of my Rig.
Pair of six volt GC-2 batteries (220 amp hours, now 230 since I put new ones in)
Converter is a Progressive Dynamics 9180 with wizard.
Generator On board is 5.5KW Onan but I have also used an outboard generator (more fuel efficient for battery charging) specifically a Genrac 1000
This is NOT an inverter generator it is a fully enclosed traditional generator and it is a TRUE 1,000 watt (not peak power but continous) in fact it will go a bit over 1000 watts.
It was able to run the converter at full output (I have the ability to divorce the converter's 120 volt line from the RV (Read that it's a plug in model)).
A Honda EU-1000i or a Yahama 1000i Can NOT run this converter at full output
A 1200i might
So it is the converter that determines the size of the generator. now make and type.
Generally the Inverter generators are less noisy (That 1KW Genrac for example, is as noisy as a 2KW Yahama inverter unit) I would suggest going inverter.. Story follows.
Honda is "The name" Yahama is "The Name #2" and perhaps slightly better Champion is an import (China) as is Smart Tools, much cheaper But... Well,
That's the list of ones I'd consider.
The story:
RV Rally, Yahama display, Considerable "yammer" crowd noise from people all around talking.
Yahama EF-1200i (running) I could not hear over croud (no load on genny)
EF-2400i I could hear, but neither my companion nor the sales man could
Of course when he loaded them down.. They spoke right out and we had to raise our voices slightly but at half load the 2400 did not require we raise voices.
Kind of impressive in my book.
At that time the "Off brand" was Kipor.. Now that one I could hear clearly and it was much more annoying (Sounded like a 2 stroke)
You want a 4 stroke engine.
Pair of six volt GC-2 batteries (220 amp hours, now 230 since I put new ones in)
Converter is a Progressive Dynamics 9180 with wizard.
Generator On board is 5.5KW Onan but I have also used an outboard generator (more fuel efficient for battery charging) specifically a Genrac 1000
This is NOT an inverter generator it is a fully enclosed traditional generator and it is a TRUE 1,000 watt (not peak power but continous) in fact it will go a bit over 1000 watts.
It was able to run the converter at full output (I have the ability to divorce the converter's 120 volt line from the RV (Read that it's a plug in model)).
A Honda EU-1000i or a Yahama 1000i Can NOT run this converter at full output
A 1200i might
So it is the converter that determines the size of the generator. now make and type.
Generally the Inverter generators are less noisy (That 1KW Genrac for example, is as noisy as a 2KW Yahama inverter unit) I would suggest going inverter.. Story follows.
Honda is "The name" Yahama is "The Name #2" and perhaps slightly better Champion is an import (China) as is Smart Tools, much cheaper But... Well,
That's the list of ones I'd consider.
The story:
RV Rally, Yahama display, Considerable "yammer" crowd noise from people all around talking.
Yahama EF-1200i (running) I could not hear over croud (no load on genny)
EF-2400i I could hear, but neither my companion nor the sales man could
Of course when he loaded them down.. They spoke right out and we had to raise our voices slightly but at half load the 2400 did not require we raise voices.
Kind of impressive in my book.
At that time the "Off brand" was Kipor.. Now that one I could hear clearly and it was much more annoying (Sounded like a 2 stroke)
You want a 4 stroke engine.
