โNov-02-2021 07:31 PM
โNov-18-2021 02:43 PM
HumanFriendly01 wrote:
Has anyone used a genturi on a portable generator? its too late, we already have it
โNov-18-2021 01:47 PM
โNov-11-2021 09:10 PM
obiwancanoli wrote:
Thanks, everyone, for your input. As I suspected, there's really no good reason to have an external generator. FWIW, I have 600W solar, 4 LiPo batteries (400Ah), and no, I don't really want to have to store gas for the genny onboard... yes, I agree it's a hassle, that was one reason I posed the question... and I, too, typically run my onboard generator when using a high Amp appliance.
As for the consequences to the external genny, I don't know why it didn't function properly after charging my battery bank... it would start and run briefly, then shut down. Can't tell you if time has healed it, for it belonged to someone else, and he used his all the time for his setup (pull behind trailer, no onboard genny)... thankfully, he had two.
I'll save the external genny for power outages at home...
โNov-11-2021 03:29 PM
โNov-06-2021 10:14 AM
rjstractor wrote:theoldwizard1 wrote:obiwancanoli wrote:
having recently used a Honda 2K to charge my house batteries (don't ask, long story, not relevant), the small generator was ruined due to the high demands of the coach charging system.
Sadly, you learned the hard way ! NEVER use the 12V outlet of a portable generator !! I don't know why they are even on most generators.
No idea how it was inferred that the 12V outlet was used, since nothing the OP wrote indicated that. In fact, nothing that the OP stated even indicates that the generator problem was directly due to using it to charge the coach batteries using the onboard charger. Chances are the generator is not ruined at all. First thing I would check is oil level. Those little Hondas have tiny crankcases- oil capacity is less than half a quart. But like any small gas engine, they use oil, and the harder the engine works the more oil it uses. It doesn't take much of a drop in oil level to trigger the generator's low oil shutoff, which will do exactly as the OP describes- the generator will start and run for a second or two, then die.
โNov-06-2021 09:14 AM
theoldwizard1 wrote:obiwancanoli wrote:
having recently used a Honda 2K to charge my house batteries (don't ask, long story, not relevant), the small generator was ruined due to the high demands of the coach charging system.
Sadly, you learned the hard way ! NEVER use the 12V outlet of a portable generator !! I don't know why they are even on most generators.
โNov-05-2021 11:53 PM
โNov-05-2021 07:32 AM
โNov-04-2021 10:57 AM
โNov-04-2021 02:47 AM
obiwancanoli wrote:
As for the consequences to the external genny, I don't know why it didn't function properly after charging my battery bank... it would start and run briefly, then shut down. Can't tell you if time has healed it, for it belonged to someone else, and he used his all the time for his setup (pull behind trailer, no onboard genny)... thankfully, he had two.
โNov-04-2021 02:38 AM
Ivylog wrote:
The best thing you can do for a generator is to use it and at half a gallon/hour, how much fuel are you saving with a portable...
โNov-03-2021 09:19 PM
obiwancanoli wrote:
In fact, this was one reason I was considering it... When I boondock, I search the area for downed wood I can use for a campfire, and usually, that wood would have to be cut with a saw. Absent a battery operated model, unless I were close enough to the coach to plug in, a small portable generator would come in handy... but if that's the only reason to have it along, methinks a quality battery operated reciprocating saw (or something similar) would be perfectly fine...
โNov-03-2021 05:54 PM
wa8yxm wrote:
I will say YES a small one (100-200 watt inverter type precise size depends on your converter)
WHY... A Generac 1000 (True 1000 watt "Traditional" generator enclosed about as loud as a Honda EU-2000i at half load) will power a Progressive Dynamics 9180 (mine was a plug in module so I could feed JUST the converter) for a good 6-8 hours on a small tank of fuel.. The ONAN sucks between 3 and 8 gallons doing that. Though the noise is not much higher
But I liked being able to use the small one to top off the battery when needed instead of the big Onan.
Also,. from time to time I needed that thousand watts remote from the RV.. I have. for example an electric chain saw.
โNov-03-2021 02:47 PM