Rettrooper wrote:
Does anyone here have any experience charging their batteries with a Honda EX 1000 (non inverter) generator? I'd like to try it while dry camping for a week at the Sun & Fun fly in next month in Lakeland, Fl. I'd like to run the Honda sometime during the day while it's plugged into the TC and charged with the on board 45amp converted/charger (new)and charge my batteries (two new Interstate Group 29's). I tried looking up this topic in the search engine and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I have an on board Onan LP that I'd really not want to use for this purpose.
Looking for some real world experience.
Thanks,
I've been charging our two 100 amp hour Group 29 12 volt RV batteries with a non-inverter Honda EX650 feeding the RV's stock 45 amp single voltage converter for about eight years. The Honda EX650 handles the job just fine. You don't need one of the newer Honda "inverter" generators to do this.
We also have a non-inverter Honda EX1000 in pristine condition but I don't carry it in the RV - only the EX650. The EX650 is quieter and lighter than the EX1000, so we're continuing to use the EX650 in the RV instead of our EX1000, since the EX650 will handle our battery charging just fine.
Below is a link to the specs on Honda's discontinued small portable four stroke 3600 RPM fixed speed generators, including the EX650 and the EX1000. Notice that the EX650's full fixed speed noise level is 54dB, while the EX1000's full fixed speed noise level is 64dB. That's a big difference. The newer Honda 1000i and 2000i inverter generators idle at a 53dB noise level ... only slightly quieter than the EX650's noise level at it's full fixed speed and power. The newer Honda 1000i/2000i inverter generators run at a noise level of 59dB when called upon to deliver full power. I've listened to several of the Honda inverter generators when they have rev'd up to deliver higher power ... and they are irritatingly loud. Most folks must think the Honda inverter generators are "so quiet" because they're apparently being mostly used at their low power idle sound level of 53dB or close to it. I actually consider the litte EX650 to be, on average day after day under all power delivery conditions, much quieter than the newer Honda inverter generators.
Here's the link to their specifications:
http://www.tappedin.com/hop/html/litegen.htm
