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    Posted: 09 Aug 2012 at 7:06pm
Filled the crank case, gas tank and fired the 2000i up this afternoon. Started on 3rd pull. So quiet I thought it might not be running correcly. Of course, that was in "Eco Mode". When I plugged in a small vacuum cleaner that pulls 6.2 Amps it idled up a bit - - still very tolerable.

I located something called an "Power Maximizer" plug that insterts into both of the 110 outlets at the same time and has a 3-prong 30Amp style to attached your regular RV shore power cord. Don't have it yet but looking forward to seeing how that performs.

I think we'll go camping tomorrow !!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2012 at 8:04pm
 
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...Wife and I actually miss the stove come spring. ...It is a bit more "interactive" than the set it and forget it thermostat lifestyle.. but we see it as a good thing.Big smile

100% Ditto!  It is a ton of work - literally - but I love it.

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I have a 5500 continous, 8750 surge Generac, its in an out building that has underground feed to the house. I run it every 2 months for 15 minutes, I use stabil in the fuel, I take the fuel out every 3 months and replace it with fresh, then use the old fuel in the mower, chain saw, weed eater etc, I also try to keep 5 gallons of fresh on hand. We have had to rely on it about 3 times in the last 2 years, its nice to have lights, fridge is running etc, now we have the pod and we could hole up in there for quiet a while if needed. we have some stuff back in case the #### hits the fan, we could make it for a month, but after that ? we have an osmosis water purifier and a spring on the back of the property, Donna does not like squirel, but I do. stay prepared people as I am not sure what the future holds.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 3:08am
I bought an interesting generator for my Pod this month. It's a Stanley 2250 watt unit with a 3250 surge capacity. Lowes sell its for $389. It's only 66 pounds, not terribly loud, and is about the size of most 2000 watt generators. It will easily run everything in the Pod but the water heater, all at once. The major draw back is the tank is only .4 gallons, which leaves you with under 2 hours of runtime with the AC on. I am working on an extended run tank for it. In theory, 2 gallons of gas will run the AC for 10 hours, which seems to be pretty on on par with even Honda and Yamaha generators.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 8:34am
Originally posted by dsmiths

I have a 5500 continous, 8750 surge Generac, its in an out building that has underground feed to the house. I run it every 2 months for 15 minutes, I use stabil in the fuel, I take the fuel out every 3 months and replace it with fresh, then use the old fuel in the mower, chain saw, weed eater etc, I also try to keep 5 gallons of fresh on hand. We have had to rely on it about 3 times in the last 2 years, its nice to have lights, fridge is running etc, now we have the pod and we could hole up in there for quiet a while if needed. we have some stuff back in case the #### hits the fan, we could make it for a month, but after that ? we have an osmosis water purifier and a spring on the back of the property, Donna does not like squirel, but I do. stay prepared people as I am not sure what the future holds.

When we first got the pod, we were looking for online reviews on LED lighting and reviews on new camping gear (our stuff is quite old and bashed up) but google search results kept coming back with lots of links to survival websites, zombie apocalypse websites and EMP websites Wink

We always have candles, a means of heat, drinking water and canned goods for a week or so (grandparents taught us well).  The pod is a very welcome addition to all of that Smile


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 9:08am
plains, is that in inverter-genset?  At that consumption level it must be.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Aug 2012 at 9:43am
Nope, not an inverter. Pretty amazing for not being an inverter. I am putting it through some tests to see how it holds up, and I'll report back.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 7:06pm
Just got home from our first campout with the Honda EU2000i generator. It proved to be everything I thoguht it would be. Took a 5 Liter gas can with us and never even used it. Ran it for about an hour in the morning and 2 hours at night.

Yes    ...another battery would have extended our dry camping - - but we wouldn't have had 110 V

The generator performed flawlessly and most often was at it lowest idling/sound level.

Glad we did it !!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Aug 2012 at 8:05pm
Glad it worked as advertised.  You didn't mention whether or not you tried the A/C.  Enjoy your new generator.  We have yet to fire up ours, but heading out on the 23rd.  We'll see.  Safe Travels.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 9:49am
No   ...no A/C. Weather didn't warrant it and I kinda knew in advance that a single EU2000i without a change in the A/C capacitor the likelihood of it working was slim to not at all.

It was just nice to get up, started the generator, have a good cup of coffee and top off the battery all at the same time (after a night running my CPAP). Then again at dinner time so that we could use 110V to recharge our cell phones/computers    ...and again, top off the battery for another night of CPAP operation via a small inverter.

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