I've seen conversins done with a simple pressure regulator in the intake driven from a vac sense line off of the manifold to the carby
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I've seen conversins done with a simple pressure regulator in the intake driven from a vac sense line off of the manifold to the carby
Show me that generator and I'll agree, but even a Honda on a 25 metre lead stuck down an embankment can be heard easily at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
Amen to that mate, I'll take the generator any day without complaining when that is going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
Children generally go to bed comparitivly early, but why someone feels a need to crank loud music until the small hours is beyond me. Firing up the chainsaw at 7am would be gratifying payback...:twisted:
Oh, and maybe I've been guilty of the loud, late drunken bit, but on an AULRO outing, I've found that's the norm, not the exception.
While out last Winter with a pile of fellow AULRO'ians, I crawled into bed on the second night fairly early, only to be woken at midnight to a rousing, if out of tune rendition of 'Happy Birthday' - just for me!:D. Pretty stoked mind you - thanks guys.
Cheers - Gav.
No, I live in the 21st century with efficient Solar and Deep cycle batteries, not the past with fossil fuel burning annoyances as an excuse for being inconsiderate to others and destroying the reason for camping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
You maybe losing your hearing as time goes by.
If I can here my engel cycle on and off I will sure as anything here your generator.
I do agree regarding drunken behavior, but generator users are no better. Ambient noise will determine what is heard and one persons quiet is not the same as another's.
If you are in full campground with dozens of others a good gen may not be heard over the ambient background noise.
Camp anywhere near someone n these parts and you will be unpopular real quick.
May as well smoke a Cigar in maternity ward.....because that's what the smoker thinks too " it's my right suck it up"
"Unless we all figured wrong, at idle it only powered 1 Engle fridge. It didn't charge the Aux battery, only maintained things as they were."
Jason,
If you did indeed have a 2eu then you figured wrong.
On eco a 2eu will easily run 6 engels and a battery charger without lifting its low governed speed. Dont use the unregulated 12V to charge a battery, just plug in a 15A three stage charger...
Suck it up all you quiet freaks, come camping some place there are no other campers for 50km - at a minimum ;) Or build a sound proofed gennie box!
S
The big difference (apart from noise) is the ability of the Honda's to regulate their revs to cover the load,, If a new Honda is idling,, there is no load,,
I'm a sparky & have had quite a lot to do with generators over my working life. If you want a genset to power up your household appliances during power outages the minimum is about 2.2kva, which will run a fridge & freezer & other stuff like tv etc. That's what I run at my place in Northern Flinders for short outages, but for extended periods (a few Days) then I hook up my 6.5kva. If you want a genset for camping then get a small, lightweight, very quiet around 1kva is ample. I have been camping outback SA, NT & WA for years and cannot be bothered taking a genset as well as extra fuel. I have a dual battery set up & now solar panels, which I have found to be more than enough.
cheers,
Pen
My take on generators to run a house:
Buy a battery big enough to run the house overnight.
Buy an inverter big enough to start the biggest appliance.
Buy solar panels to keep the battery up during sunny times.
Have a genny as a backup to charge the batteries (via a decent charger) on cloudy days. It doesn't need to start any appliances so can be as little as 1000 watts.
Oversized gennies are noisy IMHO.
so, am I right in thinking. After one pays $1800 for a honda genny because they meant to be the quite ones, they then have to buy a $200+ battery charger to charge the aux battery?Quote:
Originally Posted by roverrescue
Plus leads, fuel, fuel cans, and end up with another 30KG of weight. Can't see the value in it really, but it's almost like a must have these days.
I bet the sales brochure doesn't say all that.
Stuff the rest of the world I'm all right that's all that matters to my rather larger then normal ego.Quote:
Originally Posted by roverrescue
J.
Stuff the rest of the world I'm all right that's all that matters to my rather larger then normal ego.
My last comment was tongue in cheek, I will always choose not to camp on top of other people even when I dont have a generator... Its a big country.
We run gennies when set camping for weeks on end with lots of fridges and fans. This is November/ December when its a little bit hot and the tourists all runaway!
On weekend camps through the year battery power does us fine.
And Newhue, I have a battery charger for many other purposes like charging batteries for the boats... and with regards to fuel, when your taking three 44s for boat fuel your not too worried about the 8L a day the gennie burns?
As I said when answering the initial question about gennies for a specific need when camping/ powerdown backup.
- the Honda2eu is great because one gennie in a sound/water proof box can run our entire camp of 12+ people.
-And then when Ergon drops the power which happens regularly up here that same gennie will run our essential house needs just fine.
Tuning out
S