Honda EU2000 Northerners FYI

[awinfs]

During The power outage this winter ran my natural gas furnace and my fridge lights and TV just on my Honda 2000 Running heavy duty extension cord into the house and plugged it into a 15amp transfer switch I got from the Home Depot Reliance,made in the US by the way. I thought the Honda would struggle to fire up the furnace from a standstill but it managed it even on the eco-setting Thought this might be good info especially if like me you already have a Honda for RV back up

[marcsbigfoot20b]

A few weeks ago the power went out in my neighborhood for about 4 hours.
Not a 2000 but I have a 2200i and it ran simultaneously:

Samsung 28 cf fridge
16 cf fridge
Large chest freezer
75” Samsung tv
Sony receiver
Cable box
Cable modem
Router
4K Security camera system
Also charging the 2 ups’s for the electronics

All on extension cords and power strips in eco mode.
I’m truly impressed with this gen.
Looking to add transfer switch for next time, just one connection and no cords.

[packnrat]

never had a need for home backup. even living as last house up over a mile down a dirt rd in the hills.
a home depot 8K unit (bought for other reasons) but fuel lines rotted, tank rusted.
so guess i need to run it a couple times each year, with gasoline ONLY fuel ($30.usd a gallon) the watered down junk out of the pumps is very bad for motors, fuel lines, seals, metal tanks, etc.
but gen went bad cause i just never needed it for a back-up power source.
contractor grade so NO camping with it.

[2oldman]

wa8yxm wrote:
Most furnaces are in the 1/2 HP range (about 500 watts running)

I guess we're not talking about an electric furnace! 🙂

[wa8yxm]

awinfs wrote:
During The power outage this winter ran my natural gas furnace and my fridge lights and TV just on my Honda 2000 Running heavy duty extension cord into the house and plugged it into a 15amp transfer switch I got from the Home Depot Reliance,made in the US by the way. I thought the Honda would struggle to fire up the furnace from a standstill but it managed it even on the eco-setting Thought this might be good info especially if like me you already have a Honda for RV back up

My peak load was surprisingly low when I had to use the RV to power my house. Most furnaces are in the 1/2 HP range (about 500 watts running) the honda would not have a problem with that.. A Really big furnace might pull 1,000 watts.

Air conditioners however are a whole nutter power draw.. The honda won't run more than perhaps one small window unit .

[RoyB]

I do the same thing with my 2KW Honda that is secured in the back of my covered and locked truck bed... It is easy to pull the generator out onto the dropped tailgate and have a HD Yellow Extendion Cord available at my garage door


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I have a couple of extension cords branched off the main feed that has multi-heads on them. Have one at the home entertainment area , one in the kitchen.

My Radio Room/Computer area already has a pretty good battery backup UPS unit going so it can last a pretty long time if I conserve things...

Having the 2KW Generator always available and ready to go from the back of my truck is a blessing for sure...

A couple of times we have had a week long power outage and my neighbor and I would haul a 2KW generator around the neighborhood in a yard wagon to run their fridge for an hour or so … Usually get a cup of coffee and visit while this is on-going...

My patio is open house during power outages haha...

Gots TV going and always a fire....

The first time I did this I finally ran out of gasoline in the generator and didn't have any gas on hand at the house... So went down to the gas stations here only to find all of them didn/t have any power as well to run their pumps... I finally found a station with backup power haha... It's all in the planning for sure...

Roy Ken

[Chris_Bryant]

A few years ago our EU2000 ran our fridge, a 10k btu portable a/c and tv/ stereo. Did get the overload light when the fridge went in to defrost mode.

[mbopp]

My Honda 2000 has run 2 'fridges, furnace, sump pump, TV, and a few lights.

[old_guy]

for some reason we had several outages this last winter. I have three 2000's and they kept us warm with space heaters and satellite
tv entertained us

[road-runner]

I've got a generator input on the house and a larger generator in addition to the eu2000i. For all the outages over the last few years, up to 12 hours in duration, the eu2000i running on propane has done the job. The only time I'll need the big one is for an extended outage when we have to run the 4kW well pump, or the electric water heater. We can go at least a few days before needing either of those.