My search for a generator

jurob wrote:
I'm a bargain hunter/cheapskate!

Co worker of mine is talking about getting 2 powerhouse generators and parallel them together when he needs more power. He rec I get a powerhouse 1k and 2k that way I could use only the 1k unless I needed the 13500 ac.

I found a powerhouse 2000xi or something like that on eBay. Brand new in the box. I confirmed I could parallel it and a 1k together and ended up winning it for just less than 350 shipped.

I got it and It fired firght up. Boy is this thing loud. It's not an old school lawnmower sounding generator, but I was very disappointed. Also found out this model will not parallel and if it did they would need to be matching generators.

Sold it to a friend who wanted it for what I had in it.

Went to a buddies house who has a Honda eu3000 to hear it run. Omg, that thing is quiet! As soon as I left I contacted a guy I've been watching on CL who was selling a new never been run eu2000i for $700 and made a deal for $550 yesterday.

I will say this, it's quieter than the powerhouse, but not by a whole lot. I am very disappointed.

I cannot afford an eu3000 and know I will need another eu2000 to run my ac.

Does anybody else feel this way about the eu2000?

I feel that the the eu3000 is as quiet as an air conditioning unit and would be of no concern to most neighbors at a campground, but the 2000 is drastically louder than the 3000 and the powerhouse, forget about it!

Maybe I was just expecting too much?

If your Honda Eu2000i is loud... clean out the cr*p in the muffler, or don't run is so close to max power... get a second Eu2000i and pair it, to lessen the loads on both generators.

It's hard when you have champagne tastes with only a beer budget that you want to work with.