dclark1946 wrote:
pnichols wrote:
dclark1946 wrote:
We own two Eu1000s and two Eu2000s. When we are dry camping I carry only the Eu1000s because they provide all we need. The second unit is only for backup. The 1000s are much easier on my back taking it in and out of the pickup bed when I use it to charge our battery. Now at home if we have a power outage I prefer the 2000 to run the refrigerator and freezer and any other critical items. With the EU1000 you do really need to be careful with the gasoline as the tiny jets are easy to get clogged. I use Stabile marine (blue) and drain the tank and carb when the unit is not going to be used in a couple of weeks
Are you aware that two Honda 1000i's can be paralleled together? In fact two of them in parallel put out more continuous power than a single 2000i does! Because of this, two 1000i Hondas in parallel might just run a 13.5K air conditioner in certain situations in which a single 2000i won't. As you said, two 1000i generators are each one much easier to lift separately than a 2000i and also provide some all-important 120V AC backup in case one should fail.
If I was going to ever buy "around 2000 watts" of portable Honda generator power and if could afford it, I'd buy two 1000i generators in a heartbeat instead of a single 2000i.
It's strange that you should mention 1000i jets being easy to clog up. For some reason my Honda EX650 has never had a fuel delivery problem. I sometimes leave it sitting for months (years - before we bought our RV) without draining/changing the gas between RV trips and it still starts right up. However, I do keep Stabil in the gas storage container that I fill the generator from.
Yes I am aware you can parallel EU1000s. I have even paralleled an Eu1000 with an EU2000 and while it works I could not get the load sharing to work properly. The EU1000 was always carrying more of the total load.
Dick
Put a Kill a watt meter on the Eu1000i and the Eu2000i, and measure the voltage. The unit with the higher voltage pulls the heavier load. I have 2 Eu2000i's one puts out 127.7V, the other 123.1V. The generator putting out 123.1V is the loafer, all the time. My Eu1000i puts out 123.7v. If I pair it with the 123.1V Eu2000i, they work well and pair together just fine running my 13.5 AC unit on top. You have to come close to match the voltages, for them to pull equally.
