Posted by Check Break on September 11, 2022 at 21:19:59 from (47.143.124.34):
In Reply to: Emergency generator posted by 37 chief on September 08, 2022 at 13:23:02:
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I have two Honda 2200i-s. Have yet to parallel them as one will easily run a fridge and some lights. Two winters ago my folks' power went out, it was raining hard and getting cold. They needed heat and I didn't have time to dig out something bigger, so I hooked up one 2200i to their panel and hit the jackpot. The furnace, TV and the right lights were all on the same buss. She ran at least 7 hours with eco mode disabled and never complained. I was really impressed with that little Honda.
I thought about converting a 6KW to NG and LP ten years ago. The local small engine shop talked me out of it. Claimed that as pressure dropped in the LP tank, I'd have to adjust the regulator to keep enough fuel flowing to the genset to make power. I was going to tap into the NG line and eventually set a LP tank that could be used if the NG failed, the benefit to LP being it doesn't go bad. Now with LI batteries coming of age, I'm thinking I might be better off waiting for the price of batteries to come down and put in a solar system with battery backup. If I didn't have 8,000 gallons of diesel at the office three miles away, I'd have had to do something by now. That's the problem with easy living. There's no incentive to take the path least traveled.
I lost you when you said, "load the generator or the regulator will sink all the power internally." Please explain. The problem with having toys that don't get used is they end up like this.
I'm sold on Honda engines. Makes working on them easier (for me) as I do so infrequently and having the same basic engine powering everything makes it easier to keep them running. I don't care about the 3x cost. Just want them to run when I want them to run.
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