My twin Honda EU3000is Generator Install

[Scott & Heather]

Jack, send me a link to your blog .)


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[Jim Eh.]

On my 12 I was thinking of removing the "mesh" door hinge and installing dzus fastners on the front edge to mount the whole door onto a slide tray that carries the generator(s). That way I can mount the exhaust through the mesh and not worry about any flex connectors (for the exhaust at least).

[gg04]

I've done that but with aluminum 'hood pins instead of dzus fasteners, that way you can padlock it shut. Dzus fasteners do fail. rdw

[Scott & Heather]

Frankly, I kind of detest my DZUS fasteners lol. Got the exhausts all mounted and put the gennies back together. Hopefully if it's dry tomorrow I'll start the slide tray


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[oltrunt]

Hey Scott.  Sorry to be so slow responding.  There isn't a lot that got posted on the genny installation on the attached blog, but it will give you an idea.  Just before I moved to the current forum, the "Skoolie" forum had a huge computer blow up of some kind and most of my posts there were lost.  See if the following link works automatically and if not, just type it in.  It will take you to page 3 and the genny stuff such as it is. 

http://nomadicista.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2658&start=30

I do have a good number of pics of the genny install that weren't posted--I'll be glad to send them to you if you think it might be any help.  Jack

[Scott & Heather]

Thanks jack! Saw some amazing photos of your bus conversion! You are building from scratch! Impressive stuff ok so today was build the slides and wooden platform day while it snowed and sleeted and freezing rained on us. I honestly think the weather hates me cause every time I  have to work on the outside of the bus, it's nasty out. Here are pics of us prepping the angle iron for mating with he rails and setting up the 2x4 lifts to raise it up slightly above the bay floor. Tomorrow I'll be on the road all day so nothing will get done. Hopefully Wednesday we will finish the platform and get it installed.




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[oltrunt]

It looks very functional Scott.  Burrrrrrrrr. Cold is one thing but freezing sleet will take the stuffin' out of a guy real quick! Today I found myself sitting in my bus with the electric heater going and reading a book and it is only in the 30's and dry--what a wuss I am .  Jack

[Scott & Heather]

Lol. Michiganders really just consider a sleety snowy day as just another day. We never get too worked up about cold and snow. I always remark to Heather that the roads sometimes can be insanely slick depending on the temperature (hovering right around freezing creates almost a greasy snow) yet people drive really good in it here. you would think with six inches of snow on the interstate more cars would be in the ditch but that's never the case. You even get used to the different types of snow based on temp and humidity. Super cold fluffy snow that squeaky when you walk on it is some of the best snow cause it's actually got some grip. I've driven 60 mph on snow like that and I'm not an exception. Snow that's been salted is unpredictable and frankly I'd prefer if they didn't salt it but just sanded and plowed. Snow in temps hovering. Between 29 and 32 is downright greasy. I've swapped ends more than my share of times on this kind of snow. The best fun is slushy snow that you make deep tire tracks in that freezes overnight and the next morning it's like driving over train tracks all the way to work. No wonder Michigan cars suffer short life spans. Anyway, Heather and I are driving across the state in our truck for some dental appointments while our parents babysit and coming back to the bus late tonight. Hopefully if it's just snowing tomorrow and not raining we will install the gen slide out tray in the bus and set the gennies on it and strap them down and test the whole shebang.


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[Scott & Heather]

Ok. So the drawer slides they sent me were the wrong ones and they failed immediately. Drove 7 hours round trip to McMaster Carr disti center in Cleveland and picked up a pair of accuride locking slides with a 500lb load rating. These babies are beasts. Rebuilding the system tomorrow. Wish me luck. I've been working on this 4 days straight.


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[Scott & Heather]

Wrapping up the slide out and putting the covers back on the generators today. Have to fab a larger screen mesh door because the opening has been enlarged. Here are pics from today. Working in Michigan winter is lame. So lame. My fingers are numb.




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[Oonrahnjay]

     I just came from swimming in the ocean (Atlantic, NC coast).  You're making me COLD!!!

(Seriously, nice job on the slides.  I think your project has come out very well.  What did you finally decide about an exhaust system?  Did you go with a two exhausts into one muffler system?  How are you arranging the exhaust connections for the slides?)

[eagle19952]

go in and  get warm... you have earned a rest

[Scott & Heather]

Generators are all put back together, drawer is done. We modified the screen mesh door today to make it wider and welded the hinge open and installed a piano hinge along the top of the door now so it flips up to open which allows the generators to clear the sides when sliding out. Exhaust is a 90° bend that comes straight out the back as you can see in the photos. Two separate exhausts. I'll cut holes in the mesh so the door flips over them. This way not exhaust messing around when trying to slide gens out. so thankful for my father in law and my uncle for helping me. This is child's play for my uncle mike. He restores multimillion dollar cars for a living. If you've heard of the Bugatti that was never finished years ago and it now complete and traveling all the PGA circuits, my uncle is the guy who built that beauty. He's working on a '32 pace car and other cool stuff. He's a metal shaper. Does it with power hammers. Only one of a small handful of artisans that shape metal this way still. Anyway, for him to help me on my bus was a privilege


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[sledhead]

just a up date on my honda 7000is gene in stall in the old condenser bay

we are in florida for a while and the trip down here was HOT for us any way it was 88 f -  91 f on the last part of the trip and used the gene for the last 6 hrs of the trip non stop with both a/c s running . every thing worked excellent , gene ran cool with no problems at all .

most of the time on the last part of the 2nd day ( 5 hrs ) on the road I used the front split unit a/c running off of the magnum 4024 hybrid inverter and off the bus alternator with out using the gene at all .  again it worked perfect 

I would like to thank Brian bevans6 and dave5cs for all there help and pushing me to change my old set up for the new set up

24 v battery bank , new inverter , new gene set up

thanks dave

[bevans6]

Allow me to say how much I love the install, but most of all the tartan jacket!  I have a new one this year in bright red and black, but that multi-coloured jacket rocks!

Brian