Generator September 17, 2005, 12:50:34 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58081QuoteIf you want a portable, then there are more choices. However, a bigger portable, like the Honda 3000 watt inverter type, is a bit on the heavy side for packing around - - but it's very quiet and arguably of much better quality than the Onan. Smaller Honda generators weigh less and some are even quieter. There is another alternative if you want a portable generator: get 2 Honda 2000's and hook them up in parallel. You're still going to have the storage problem as you would with the larger Honda 3000, but the 2000's are much lighter and can be packed around by one person.Linda Hylton2004 Red 23.5' TK Honey Bear Campground Ophir, ORSee where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #1 – September 17, 2005, 03:04:57 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58092Quote ".....There is another alternative if you want a portable generator: get 2 HondaQuote2000's and hook them up in parallel......" A third alternative: Yamaha just released a new model, EF-2400is, which is about the same size and weight than the Honda 2000, but has exactly the extra power to start and run a 13500 btu air conditioner. Of course, if you need to run the microwave, you'll have to shut-off the air conditioner, but it still seems to me a good solution, considering the price, weight and space/benefit ratios.See it at http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/business/pp/generator/120v-60hz/1-3/index.htmlEudoro "really not the best weight and space/benefit ratios" Lemos, Jr.
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #2 – September 17, 2005, 04:09:08 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58095"A third alternative: Yamaha just released a new model, EF-2400is, which is about the same size and weight than the Honda 2000, but has exactly the extra power to start and run a 13500 btu air conditioner."If you can figure out a way to easily carry it, this generator is a great choice, It is very light (32 lbs dry) and much quieter than the Onan Microlite 4000. It can be placed away from the motor home, making it seem even less noisy. It would be perfect for remote bondocking.Larry
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #3 – September 17, 2005, 04:54:20 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58098QuoteA third alternative: Yamaha just released a new model, EF-2400is, which is about the same size and weight than the Honda 2000, but has exactly the extra power to start and run a 13500 btu air conditioner. Thanks for the information, Eudoro. I was not aware that Yamaha had come out with this particular generator. We had their 3000 with the last fifth wheel we had, and it was a good generator...very quiet, too. The only problem we found was in finding places to service it...many more Honda places than Yamaha places, but maybe that will change as Yamaha becomes more popular with RVers.Linda Hylton2004 Red 23.5' TK Honey Bear Campground Ophir, ORSee where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #4 – September 17, 2005, 07:30:54 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58109QuoteIf you want a portable, then there are more choices. However, a bigger portable, like the Honda 3000 watt inverter type, is a bit on the heavy side for packing around - - but it's very quiet and arguably of much better quality than the Onan. Smaller Honda generators weigh less and some are even quieter. There is another alternative if you want a portable generator: get 2 Honda 2000's and hook them up in parallel. You're still going to have the storage problem as you would with the larger Honda 3000, but the 2000's are much lighter and can be packed around by one person.Linda Hylton 2004 Red 23.5' TK Linda:Take it from an old submariner - you cannot just hook up two generators in parallel with out special controls. Otherwise they will bat the load back and forth until they trip. This is assuming, of course, that Honda has not built a paralleling provision into their circuits.Good LuckGus WeberQuoteHoney Bear Campground Ophir, ORSee where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #5 – September 17, 2005, 07:51:43 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58114QuoteLinda:Take it from an old submariner - you cannot just hook up two generators in parallel with out special controls. Otherwise they will bat the load back and forth until they trip. This is assuming, of course, that Honda has not built a paralleling provision into their circuits.Good LuckGus Weber This old submariner hates to see a shipmate step on his favorite appendage. The Honda is really a generator/inverter combo, Gus. Two inverters can and do synch together perfectly, and Honda even sells the parallel "kit" (at an outragious price). Works great but it still means stowing them."The best Marine is a Submarine."DBFDon
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #6 – September 17, 2005, 08:00:55 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58115QuoteLinda:Take it from an old submariner - you cannot just hook up two generators in parallel with out special controls. You're right, Gus...Honda has a contraption they sell to facilitate hooking up two of their generators in parallel. Frankly, however, after finding out about the Yamaha 2400 from Eudoro, that's the way I would go instead of the 2 Honda's in parallel. That way, there's only one generator to find a storage place for, and to haul around.Linda Hylton2004 Red 23.5' TK Honey Bear Campground Ophir, ORSee where we are: http://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1167
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #7 – September 18, 2005, 02:03:01 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58160Well Honda took care of all those details for you. It is very easy to hook two of the Honda Inverter generators up
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Generator Reply #8 – September 21, 2005, 01:40:33 pm Yahoo Message Number: 58241Try an internet search for honda e2000i generators. They are one of the quieter models and you can run two of them together to power most of what you need. -Dorothy
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