E85 in generator?
One of the people I met while camping out and keep in contact with apparently uses E-85 and E-100 in both his inboard Onan generator, and his Hondas. He learned this while on a trip to Brazil where ethanol is relatively cheap.
The Onan, he moves the altitude switch up a bit. The Hondas, are slightly choked. This makes the mixture slightly richer, to compensate for the less energy per spray in ethanol.
This is the first time I've heard about this, and I checked the manuals of both models, and E-85 is a definite no-no. However, this acquaintance of mine swears by it, with the caveat of always draining the gas completely in the Hondas, and squirting Sta-Bil in the tank of his MH to keep the water from settling out and hydrolocking the generator.
Has anyone even heard of this? I personally would not want to risk anything not expressly designed for booze mainly because of the corrosion aspect of ethanol and the fact that E-100 is really E-95, with 5% water in it.
The Onan, he moves the altitude switch up a bit. The Hondas, are slightly choked. This makes the mixture slightly richer, to compensate for the less energy per spray in ethanol.
This is the first time I've heard about this, and I checked the manuals of both models, and E-85 is a definite no-no. However, this acquaintance of mine swears by it, with the caveat of always draining the gas completely in the Hondas, and squirting Sta-Bil in the tank of his MH to keep the water from settling out and hydrolocking the generator.
Has anyone even heard of this? I personally would not want to risk anything not expressly designed for booze mainly because of the corrosion aspect of ethanol and the fact that E-100 is really E-95, with 5% water in it.
