Travelling with Jenny

[Deleted member 2636]

That sounds like a good suggestion baloothebear.....the Hyunda is 4 stroke but if I go 2 stroke I'll consider that.....thanks.

ah...just visited the site and there is a 4 store version......excellent.....thanks thats likely most of my concerns solved towards
the fuel.

I must have had a "senior" moment when I posted this.

The best thing about Aspen fuel is it has a shelf life of over 20 years. This means that you don't have to drain the fuel tanks down when you put an engine into storage.

4T Aspen fuel is for 4 stroke engines. It can also be used in Petrol stoves instead of the ludicrously priced Coleman Fuel

2T Aspen fuel is for 50/1 2 stroke engines. If you need a different mix ie 25/1, 20/1 etc then I suggest that you use 4T and make your mix up using a top grade oil as suggested for chainsaw use

Aspen also make a fuel for deseil engines - Ecopar but it is very expensive

 

[Byronic]

No!
It has a safety cut off period and will not start on gas for somewhere between 10 and 15 minutes after the engine has been turned off.
With it been fully automatic, I think it is something to do with it not switching to gas while at fuel stations.
If the gas was off it would not be able to anyway, but as we know, some people do travel with the gas on.

If you start the engine with the fridge connected to 240v mains, which of the 2 electrical sources power the fridge, if it's the 240v mains and you then switch off does it then connect to the 12v engine supply or does it switch to gas. If it connects to gas then presumably this would be near instantaneous(no safety delay) which may be a way of getting the fridge kick started.

Again if the same procedure is carried out and the fridge instead switches to 12v then presumably the safety cut off delay operates before gas is used, not ideal.

Alternatively could run engine so fridge is on 12v and the boiler warmed up for a kick start, then switch off and run on 240vmains for a while maybe the 10-15 safety cut off period so as not to interfere with the 12v safety cycle then switch off mains and wait for gas ignition... hopefully.

I've lost the will to live. Perhaps you're better off with a genny after all!

 

[Byronic]

Still alive. So my last alternative should work... in theory. When I say 240v mains of course I mean invertor supplied; used with engine off.
I'm with you on having a generator for emergencies, trouble is some people are using them as their sole source of static power.
Every year I contemplate buying one and then talk myself out of it. Reminding myself that I survived the previous year OK without one. Same thing with a new van. I just take the chance, not a belt and braces type I guess.

 

[paganplasma]

genny

Hi, We ha a m/home with 80w panel on top and 2x110v batts+ 300w inverter,but wife wants to use hair dryer the lowest i have found is 12v60w but is not good enough so im thinking of a stand by genny of 2kw,as we take a trailer with car on i might fix it to this-how does that sound to you?

 

[David & Ann]

Hi, We ha a m/home with 80w panel on top and 2x110v batts+ 300w inverter,but wife wants to use hair dryer the lowest i have found is 12v60w but is not good enough so im thinking of a stand by genny of 2kw,as we take a trailer with car on i might fix it to this-how does that sound to you?

Note the wattage of your hair dryer; Example: Hair dryer has 600w, then you should use 1500w to 1800w Inverter. Simply, what ever wattage your useage is, the Inverter should have 2 1/2 (minimum) to 3 (safer)wattage more that the usage.