Converting Honda generator to propane
Anyone do it? Pros and cons?
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I converted and serviced dozens of LPG gensets. The larger ones were Wisconsin V4 37.5 horsepower air cooled.
Intermittent selective loading is the big advantage of LPG fueled generators
Start engine use microwave, shut down.
Start engine charge flooded batteries for 3 hours then shut down.
Nkcase pse
Keep in mind changing over an air cooled generator makes it operate at a significantly higher temperature. This is where I met Pabst ventilation fans.
The engines also gain crankcase pressure meaning oil leaks are increased.
When I ran a one ton pickup exclusively on LPG I built a special engine with 12.t to 1 compression, large valves and special camshaft. The rest was about as much power as stock engine and recovered about half the lost economy. That was several decades ago when scarce Mexican premium gasoline wasn't equal to cheapie USA regular gasoline and butane was ? the price of regular gas.
When switching away from gasoline the benefits should be weighed against the minuses. That pickup had a stake bed on it with a vertically stacked pair of 83 gallon motor fuel tanks.
Intermittent selective loading is the big advantage of LPG fueled generators
Start engine use microwave, shut down.
Start engine charge flooded batteries for 3 hours then shut down.
Nkcase pse
Keep in mind changing over an air cooled generator makes it operate at a significantly higher temperature. This is where I met Pabst ventilation fans.
The engines also gain crankcase pressure meaning oil leaks are increased.
When I ran a one ton pickup exclusively on LPG I built a special engine with 12.t to 1 compression, large valves and special camshaft. The rest was about as much power as stock engine and recovered about half the lost economy. That was several decades ago when scarce Mexican premium gasoline wasn't equal to cheapie USA regular gasoline and butane was ? the price of regular gas.
When switching away from gasoline the benefits should be weighed against the minuses. That pickup had a stake bed on it with a vertically stacked pair of 83 gallon motor fuel tanks.
