My goodness. When it comes to how generators work; If you don't know what you're talking about, don't say anything at all.
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My goodness. When it comes to how generators work; If you don't know what you're talking about, don't say anything at all.
Anyone know anything about the tri-fuel conversions for popular generators? There's a company down south selling them with warranty and everything. Honda inverters running on LP and NG in addition to petrol, and its completely tool-less. Just change the fuel source and go.
As such: http://www.generatorsales.com/order/Honda-EU3000iS-Tri-fuel.asp?page=EU3000iS_Tri_Fuel
As such: http://www.generatorsales.com/order/Honda-EU3000iS-Tri-fuel.asp?page=EU3000iS_Tri_Fuel
Awesome idea. Ugly implementation (regulator it attached to the outside where it will get beat up if used as a portable generator).
Does anyone know how this would switch between lp and ng? Normally this would require an orifice change. My guess is you adjust the regulator to dial back the lp, but that isn't the easiest thing to get right.
Comparing an Onan generator to a $200 Canadian Tire or Wal Mart special is a bit of a stretch and my post was referring to portable generators of which Honda is the undisputed industry standard.
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I know on the stationary Generators we install on homes, there is a simple switch we slide in the carb to tell it whether to run on gas or propane. Its run flawlessly on all the installs I ever did. Whether propane or gas. I wonder if there is this type of availability on the other one mentioned above?
There are youtube videos of the tri-fuel modification (from my previous link) in action. They went from propane to gasoline without doing anything... the only thing I noticed is that when the motor ran on propane, the guy shut the tank off and let the generator run dry instead of turning it off first. They then poured gasoline into the tank and flicked the switch, fired right up. They didn't show it running on NG though.
wonder how hard it would be to switch a petrol generator like the champion series at ct to propane, is there an inexpensive kit?
youtube shows some how to to do it for a few dollars, how ever there are kits that go for $200+ must be the cost of litigation..
The average house without any 240 volt appliances....
I for one am not interested in unplugging my fridge to use my microwave or toaster.
The service calc. for the average home may not come out to the 100 or 200 amp services commonly installed but its still a lot more than 15A @ 120v.
I'd be happy to run furnace and fridge. Unplug either/or to run hotplate or microwave. It's more about survival than lifestyle imho. Unless power outages are going to be a regular occurrence the big equipment is just more stuff to pay for and maintain, again imho.
Where do you even find a generator 1500w/120v generator?
Im more concerned with how people are feeding the hard wired stuff.
??? No small generators anymore? Never bothered to look as I have Honda EZ2500 on standby. 2x 15 amp circuits. I know you and I have talked about this before, I wired a 14ga. extension cord to furnace (with soldered multistrands). You were not impressed. I'm still waiting to use it after all these yrs. That's why I can't see buying the big machinery.
this one does max 19.2amp (2300w) at 120v. No 220v available.
Its a shame, because at that price, if it ran 220V, I'd be all over it.
Unfortunately, I have to spend more than double to get the one I'd want with 220v
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The cord is better than a lot of things ive seen.
with 20a it would work good on the job site for the big hammer drills/ chippers. My work truck has an inverter so I dont use the generators a lot but they can be a pain working with large electric tools.
I would want 220v for home backup power aswell. My mom needs her panel changed to breakers so im likely going to install some sort of transfer switch/generator set up at the same time for her as well. Thinking 50 amps min.
A cousin had a house in Rochester NY and it had two 15 amp circuits. One did all the lights and the other the receptacles. Gas stove, drier, hot water and furnace. The furnace didn't have a fan, pure convection. They bought fuses by the box.
My preference would be a 3000 inverter, basically two circuits. Between global weather issues and hydro jerk arounds not having an inverter is like not having a spare tire in your car.
My preference would be a 3000 inverter, basically two circuits. Between global weather issues and hydro jerk arounds not having an inverter is like not having a spare tire in your car.
Why would someone would buy/lug that thing around for 1500w?
sometimes that's all you need for a few lights and circular saw and drill on a job site,the advantage being that it's lighter if you have to carry it by yourself and it burns less fuel.My Honda EU2000 is rated for 13.5 continuous load and that's all I usually ever need.The only thing it has a problem with is running any kind of compressor.The start up current is just too much for it.Portabilty was a major factor when I was choosing a generator
Tire warmers would be 1 answer. If it did really pull 1500w, a set of tire warmers run at aprox 900w.
Buy what you need/afford? Why spend 1 or 2 thousand on something when 200$ does the job?
