Where I am hosting and working this summer there is a guy that has a snack boat out at a barrier island. He has cold drinks, snacks, and ice cream. There is zero electricity out at the island and also no electricity where he keeps the boat at night so......He has a Honda EU2000i that he uses to keep his residential size freezer working. This generator runs continuously and only stops when it runs out of gas and only then long enough for him to refuel it. When he docks for the night he fills the generator with fuel and goes home which is approx 6:00pm each evening. It is usually still running at 7:30am the next morning, but runs out of fuel by 8:00am. It literally runs 23+ hours/day. So far this summer it has been running for the past 6 weeks and he plans to use it all summer or until it dies completely when he will get another one. He does change the oil pretty regularly since it is operating almost 700 hours/month.I'll try to keep this thread updated as the summer progresses, but so far it is working good for him.

The 1800rpm small gas gensets can last 15,000 hrs on continuous duty. I am curious how long the Honda will go...

It will be interesting to know just how long these things will run. I had a Honda lawn mower that I used for 21 years but I doubt that it had 700 hours on it. It still ran good but smoked when I first started it up. I sold it and bought another Honda.

15,000 hrs expected life running 24 hrs/day = 625 days. Labor day is 77 days away...assuming the little Honda is new he'll likely be OK. If he bought it new and runs 120 days in a season that still 5 years of use.If he paid $2000 and it lasts 15,000 hrs, that means his amortized ownership cost is $0.13/hr. If gas is $4/gal and a gal lasts 24 hrs, his operating cost is $0.16/hr, for a total cost of $0.29/hr. He probably sells a bottle of water for $3, so I would say his overhead is in line with a solid profit margin as long as sales are there.

Ya know what I agree that these little Hondas will run a long time, even at high rpms. Nothing lasts forever and if properly maintained they should give plenty of service. The last thread I posted about running my 13.5 dometic air with my 2000i, I was getting killed that it was too much on that little genset. I like to hear about who has been there and done that, rather than you can't, shouldn't or I wouldn't.Oh and Im sure he paid closer to a thousand for that genny, so u can cut those numbers in half!!

the Honda would run longer than I could stand the noise 24 hours a day.

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jalichty
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
Your friend should get an extended run tank and he wouldn't have to fill it up as often. I would think the engine will last a long time, as long as he keeps oil in it and the air filter gets checked often.
shutdown
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
Is the fridge the only thing he is running off of it? When the fridge isn't running it idles down. Which once he parks the boat for the night and isn't opening and closing the fridge, would be a good chunk of the night.

Impressive never the less. I am going to bet it lasts HUGE hours. The first 20 seconds after starting are the hardest on any engine. if this little guy is running basically all the time...

If its unattended at night i'll bet it grows legs and walks off long before it dies.
edbehnke
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
the Honda would run longer than I could stand the noise 24 hours a day.
dano73
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
Ya know what I agree that these little Hondas will run a long time, even at high rpms. Nothing lasts forever and if properly maintained they should give plenty of service. The last thread I posted about running my 13.5 dometic air with my 2000i, I was getting killed that it was too much on that little genset. I like to hear about who has been there and done that, rather than you can't, shouldn't or I wouldn't.

Oh and Im sure he paid closer to a thousand for that genny, so u can cut those numbers in half!!
BurbMan
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2014
15,000 hrs expected life running 24 hrs/day = 625 days. Labor day is 77 days away...assuming the little Honda is new he'll likely be OK.

If he bought it new and runs 120 days in a season that still 5 years of use.

If he paid $2000 and it lasts 15,000 hrs, that means his amortized ownership cost is $0.13/hr. If gas is $4/gal and a gal lasts 24 hrs, his operating cost is $0.16/hr, for a total cost of $0.29/hr.

He probably sells a bottle of water for $3, so I would say his overhead is in line with a solid profit margin as long as sales are there.
dbbls
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
It will be interesting to know just how long these things will run. I had a Honda lawn mower that I used for 21 years but I doubt that it had 700 hours on it. It still ran good but smoked when I first started it up. I sold it and bought another Honda.
RJCorazza
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
The 1800rpm small gas gensets can last 15,000 hrs on continuous duty. I am curious how long the Honda will go...

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