"generator" from alternator and motor

[Scott & Heather]

Or:



You could just buy a Honda EU3000is and have a tiny, compact, stupidly quiet, unbelievably efficient power source.


Just a nod to our Facebook conversation Dave

I do love my twin hondas. They are amazing.


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[Geoff]

Or:
You could just buy a Honda EU3000is and have a tiny, compact, stupidly quiet, unbelievably efficient power source.
Just a nod to our Facebook conversation Dave

I do love my twin hondas. They are amazing.


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For the money you spent for two eu3000is and the connections you could have bought an 8kw 1800 RPM diesel genset and made a sound box.  Permanently​ mounted with inside controls.

--Geoff

[Jim Eh.]

You could "go green"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4-hZ5UEH_w

[Oonrahnjay]

You could "go green"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4-hZ5UEH_w 

      I found Kw numbers for energy consumed by riding a bicycle up a fairly slight hill.  I figured if you're really making about 42 Kw/h, meaning that with battery efficiency losses (of 10 - 12%), it would take you about 9 hours to charge a typical laptop, or you could just barely keep up with a 40 watt refrigerator light bulb.
      Not very useful ...

[Scott & Heather]

I was checking around and an Onan 8kw was running over $9000. I bought my twins on sale from a Honda dealer for $3200 for the pair. Most of the time I only run one, but if I have a bigger load for a short time I fire up the second one. 21 hours on 3gal of fuel....I made the right decision for us. Someday, we will replace them with a diesel just for the fuel simplicity of siphoning off the main tank, but for now, these are as reliable as anything and I don't regret buying them for a moment.


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[Geoff]

I paid $3295 for my diesel Isuzu 3 clyinder water cooled 1800 rpm generator.  No electronics. This was a brand new unit with an English Stamford-Newage 8kW head.  I have it in a sound box.  Inside controls, and it runs everything in my bus I need at once.  I wouldn't touch an overpriced Onan with a 10 ft stick,  although I have repaired them.  They are way over priced.  So while $3200 was a good price ($4,000 regular price) for the Honda's plus the connector kit, can you run them on the road and run two roof airs?  I can run three 15btu roof airs with my generator.  I also have 1024 hrs on my genset.  I just did an oil analysis on it (Rotella 15w-40 oil) with 150 hours on the oil and the results came back perfect.

So keep your eye out for a good diesel generator, not a new Onan, and you will be even happier than you are with the Honda's.

--Geoff

[Tikvah]

Where did you get a "diesel Isuzu 3 clyinder water cooled" for only $3200?

[Geoff]

You had to be around 20 years ago.  I posted the information on this board back then.  It was a special deal a generator company had going.  The company is called TUBAN but they are not doing much these days.

--Geoff

[gg04]

LOL... twenty years ago we were selling 6v92 v730 or 8v71 v730 take outs for $1200. Fob Gulfport.  Or complete RTS's for $3000.. twenty years makes a lot of difference...tdw

[Geoff]

Yes, twenty years ago MC-9s were going for $30,000.  Now they go for around $10,000.

--Geoff