NinerBikes wrote:
"A small heater" is vague. How about the actual watt rating of said heater. The Honda is rated for 1600 Watts. By the time you reach 800 watts, the motor should be working a little bit and come up off of the RPM's that it runs while in "Eco" Mode.
Running an electric heater is a poor use of the Honda's electrical capabilities converting fuel to mechanical to electrical to thermal energy. Too may conversions with too many losses.
Use propane for heating instead.
We just go two new Cummins 1.5 megawatt generators at work to power our datacenter. You know what the generator contractor uses to load test them? Giant heaters. They get so hot, they killed the grass behind them. To say it is poor use of the Honday to run a heater, is like saying I shouldnt run the A/C in my car when I could just roll the windows down.