pnichols wrote:
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
My son-in-law uses a 36 amp Megawatt with a 2-cycle Harbor Freight 700 watt generator. The power supply has a click-click-click switch which allows him to back off demand. Once the batteries have bulk charged he then clicks up two steps to 14.8 volts.
I doubt anything but a very expensive tiny generator could match the gizmo combination for fuel economy.
That is a setup I should almost replicate - a 36 amp Megawatt powered by my little Honda EX650 650 watt four-stroke generator - which is ultra-quiet (54dB) and fuel efficient (1/2 gallon every 5-6 hours). The two should play together great with my 230 AH AGM RV battery bank.
We have a Honda EX650 that we use when flying to remote locations in cold weather. We can’t carry LPG tanks in the aircraft but the little Honda is ok, it also REALLY like 100LL AvGas. Paired with a battery charger it makes frozen batteries happy and easily powers both the oil sump heater and the engine heater at the same time.
This way we can be preheated and ready to go in not much over an hour even in sub-zero temps.
It’s a fantastic little generator.
