Which generator?

If you're going down the genny route, do it properly:-

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When you say hummed a little, was that a noise or a smell?
 
Lee said:
When you say hummed a little, was that a noise or a smell?
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It was so quiet if you couldn't see what it was you would not have guessed either, and the exhaust vented straight up. These machines are designed for purpose unlike MH's which are a collection of bits stuck together in a pleasant order.
 
Clunegapyears said:
Have a big one of those but need a good supply of sun!
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Solar panels use the energy from daylight, as opposed to sunlight, to produce electricity so panels do not need direct sunlight to work. It is photons in natural daylight which is converted by solar panels cells to produce electricity, Just saying as they are lots more neighbour friendly too lol :)
 
blights said:
Solar panels use the energy from daylight, as opposed to sunlight, to produce electricity so panels do not need direct sunlight to work. It is photons in natural daylight which is converted by solar panels cells to produce electricity, Just saying as they are lots more neighbour friendly too lol :)
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That’s fine in theory. However we have a 3kw PV array on our house roof in NE Scotland. Today with almost wall to wall sunshine the array generated just under 14kw. Yesterday which was fair but no sunshine the array generated 4kw. Downsize that to a typical 120w motorhome photovoltaic panel and it won’t do much on a dull day in winter.
 
***** said:
Having owned both a Honda EU20i and the EU10i it depends on what you want to use it for.
If it is just to charge the batteries and light use, go for the EU10i.
If you want to use a Microwave or similar, go for the EU20i
Certainly buy a Honda, they do what they are supposed to do!
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I have a honda from almost new as the first owner could not get it started,now i have worked on it for hours and the sh--ter starts and runs for about 5 sec then cuts out.
The arb is clean the spark is fantastic & i have changed plug used easy start but still no goey.next will be to replace oil low p switch,after that its the bin cart,total sh one t same as there outboard engines.
 
trevskoda said:
I have a honda from almost new as the first owner could not get it started,now i have worked on it for hours and the sh--ter starts and runs for about 5 sec then cuts out.
The arb is clean the spark is fantastic & i have changed plug used easy start but still no goey.next will be to replace oil low p switch,after that its the bin cart,total sh one t same as there outboard engines.
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I've had some brilliant Honda outboards Trev. Still got one in the garage from the 80's which runs just fine.

I have a Mariner 25 on my boat at the moment which I also rate quite highly, but if I was to buy a new engine now, I would probably go for a Honda.
 
trevskoda said:
I have a honda from almost new as the first owner could not get it started,now i have worked on it for hours and the sh--ter starts and runs for about 5 sec then cuts out.
The arb is clean the spark is fantastic & i have changed plug used easy start but still no goey.next will be to replace oil low p switch,after that its the bin cart,total sh one t same as there outboard engines.
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Done all of that Trev with a Kipor that I had ,even it a new carb on it, bag of shite. It had run ,at a guess, 20 hrs max.
Sold it for spares on eBay.
Now using a 2000w gennie i got from Aldi, so far so good.
 
Robmac said:
I've had some brilliant Honda outboards Trev. Still got one in the garage from the 80's which runs just fine.

I have a Mariner 25 on my boat at the moment which I also rate quite highly, but if I was to buy a new engine now, I would probably go for a Honda.
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Maybe you are in fresh water,put them in salt and within a year the h/gasket will blow or in one i had in the salt had eaten through the c/head beside the spark plug,remember i work at these as its my income.
If i were buying it would be toyhatsu as they make merc/mariner up to 30hp,yamaha would be my next pic of which the chinese engines i sell are copied from but at half the price,mind the paint comes of them in a couple of years but there elcheepo.
 
LPG generator

trevskoda said:
Extra fuel to carry,just another burdon.
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Yes at first we were attracted to an lpg gennie, but... you can get petrol everywhere, even in fairly remote places where otherwise you would have to go a very long way to replenish your lpg supply, and invariably at the time of year when you are guzzling it also for heating. Also with the lpg gubbins the gennie is more bulky and wouldn’t at least for us fit in the available space.
 
Trev my mate bought what he thought was a Honda iu20 off an Irish guy out the back of a van had it in a Honda box stickers on the side said Honda what a piece of Shiite that was I nearly pisshed ma self laughing when he showed me it think he gave him £500 I done my homework they wer buying them from Thailand for £30 each so no harm I don’t trust Irishmen when it comes to generators 😜😂
 
trevskoda said:
Maybe you are in fresh water,put them in salt and within a year the h/gasket will blow or in one i had in the salt had eaten through the c/head beside the spark plug,remember i work at these as its my income.
If i were buying it would be toyhatsu as they make merc/mariner up to 30hp,yamaha would be my next pic of which the chinese engines i sell are copied from but at half the price,mind the paint comes of them in a couple of years but there elcheepo.
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Yeah, freshwater Trev.
 
Looser cruiser said:
Trev my mate bought what he thought was a Honda iu20 off an Irish guy out the back of a van had it in a Honda box stickers on the side said Honda what a piece of Shiite that was I nearly pisshed ma self laughing when he showed me it think he gave him £500 I done my homework they wer buying them from Thailand for £30 each so no harm I don’t trust Irishmen when it comes to generators 😜😂
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Nor would i,had one here last year,i said two words to him and the last on was off.:hammer:
 
That wee piece of equipment that I bought at Christmas the one I darent mention works a treat been using it quite a lot batteries full to bursting was gonna phone the National grid to see if they wanted to buy my surplus power.
 
trevskoda said:
I have a honda from almost new as the first owner could not get it started,now i have worked on it for hours and the sh--ter starts and runs for about 5 sec then cuts out.
The arb is clean the spark is fantastic & i have changed plug used easy start but still no goey.next will be to replace oil low p switch,after that its the bin cart,total sh one t same as there outboard engines.
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Blooming ek Trev you must have got the one that Kipor copied . How unlucky is that.
 
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