New generator technology product

2112 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
But still, the problem becomes, just how do I refill all that battery capacity in the middle of the night when the sun doesn't shine and when there is no wind.. The answer is always, you must have some dependable non electric mechanical source (IE ICE gen).

I'm not following your argument. Many RV'ers install 4-6 6V GC batteries, a large inverter and solar system in their rig. How is this any different? Are they not faced with the same problem?

Those RV,rs do not call their system a "generator", did not cost them $3,000+ either. They could call it a "generator" if they wished to do so but they don't.

I use a pair of 6V GC2 batteries plus a 1200W inverter to power my home fridge conversion, but I do not call it a generator.

When folks hear the word generator the image and freedom of a ICE engine powered alternator is the first picture that comes to mind.

Calling a battery and inverter in a box and slapping a $3,000+ price tag on it, does not make it a generator.

Something that makes a ICE gen unique is the fact that by removing the fuel, you can store that gen for yrs with no ill effect. You can bring it out of storage, add fuel and it will run the entire time it has fuel.

A battery/inverter system, not so much. Batteries deteriorate with age, use and even lack of use, cannot get the same run time over time, run time degrades with each use, with each storage event or lack of use until the batteries are shot.

With ICE, the fuel is the the consumable, generally the engine and alternator are pretty troublefree. Not unusual to have working ICE powered gensets of 50-60yrs or more in age (yep, there are guys that have bought gensets built back in the 1940's or earlier and repaired them and are back in working order).

With battery/inverter your BATTERY is the "consumable", it is the "engine and fuel" at the same time. How is that battery and inverter going to be working in 50-60yrs?

Big, big difference between the two.

Call it what it is, a portable battery/inverter power source..