NEWBIE QUESTION! What generator(s) to get???
So with the purchase of our new fifth wheel we are looking at including the generators. We have a 15k BTU AC unit so it is to my understanding that even 2 Hondas, Yamahas etc are going to be to smal...
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FYI the Honda engine life is rated at 250 hours and the Yamaha engine is rated at 500 hours. It made my decision easy.
This is one of the most mangled and misused statistics around, and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with engine life. These numbers are the EPA "Emissions Compliance Period", which represents the amount of testing the manufacturer did to convince the EPA that the emissions of the engine would be in compliance after the specified number of hours. The largest rating that is given out is 500 hours. With Honda's 250 hour rating you don't know if they couldn't achieve the higher rating, or just chose to not spend the money going for it. If either of these generators had a 500 hour engine life I think they would have been run out of the market by now.
