Thread: Generator

Originally Posted by Utemad

If you only want to be able to charge your battery to run a fridge then buy a solar panel.

No moving parts, no fuel required, no noise, no maintenance, less weight etc.

there no good unless you spend big bucks for the amps to charge my batteries if you no anything about solar

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Solar panels. I camp for two weeks at a time and run a few 12V lights and a 40L Engle with no problems.

If you only want the geny to charge a battery one of the smaller 700 watt jobs will do the trick. Another alternative for battery charging is this.

The Christie Engineering Petrol Powered 12V Battery Charger | Australias Premier Online 4wd magazine - Offroader

Although a little noisy very light weight and ideal for battery charging and running 12V stuff.

Dave

Thanks mate i have looked into these things have used a Honda one it was great, but i thought a generator would be more handy thanks Luke.

"What is it that people just MUST take away that requires a generator?"

How about a 1500W 100L brine freezer running at -18. Gets the drinks down to temperature in minutes and perfect for the crabs post boiling... But dont worry Wardy I can guarentee you will never be camping near us, nor anyone really!!!!

I can vouch for Honda 2kVa gennies. Plenty of poke for powering the house during cyclone season when needed and good for fishing camps. Oil change is a breeze, cylinder is serviceble and all round good unit.

Not in the "touring" set up but for stationery camps makes life easy in the north.

Steve

Originally Posted by roverrescue

"What is it that people just MUST take away that requires a generator?"

How about a 1500W 100L brine freezer running at -18. Gets the drinks down to temperature in minutes and perfect for the crabs post boiling... But dont worry Wardy I can guarentee you will never be camping near us, nor anyone really!!!!

I can vouch for Honda 2kVa gennies. Plenty of poke for powering the house during cyclone season when needed and good for fishing camps. Oil change is a breeze, cylinder is serviceble and all round good unit.

Not in the "touring" set up but for stationery camps makes life easy in the north.

Steve

thanks mate

Originally Posted by spook

there no good unless you spend big bucks for the amps to charge my batteries if you no anything about solar

I know a fair bit about solar. A 2KVA geny in a good brand(Honda, Yamaha) is going to set you back about $2K+. For this coin you can get about 400 watts of solar which is about 25 amps!

Dave.

Just to clarify thats the EU 2kVa. I have built a gennie box for it that is square and strong and waterproof, fits 50m of lead plus power boards etc into it. Just walk out till the cord runs out, plonk it down and fire it up.
The square box also helps when packing the tray as you can chuck stuff on it and around it etc.

S

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

I know a fair bit about solar. A 2KVA geny in a good brand(Honda, Yamaha) is going to set you back about $2K+. For this coin you can get about 400 watts of solar which is about 25 amps!

Dave.

Thanks Dave but I'm not asking about solar generator was the question.

Originally Posted by spook

there no good unless you spend big bucks for the amps to charge my batteries if you no anything about solar

80w of solar panel stays in front of my old engle for about 3-4 days, longer if I turn the engle down a bit or let the trailer battery top up off of the dual battery in the car.

how many batteries and what are you drawing off if 140w (thats about 10A @12v well 13.5v for charging or about 70Ah for a 24 hour period) of solar cant keep in front of your batteries.

Im at about 200w worth in total and its only cost me about $70. 90% of the time I only take the single 80w panel. I usually use a 12v500mA panel that I bought from a garage sale for 50c 7+ years ago to charge/top batteries when they're not in use, and it gets fozzys starter battery from flat to startable in a day.

remind me when I get back from townsville to get you a pic of my $0 12v battery charger.