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    Posted: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:33pm
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Qualified and certified service techs and their locations also seem to be important. I have a few more Honda service dealers near by however, there is a couple Yamaha dealers not that far away. One of the Yamaha dealers I have some good experience with regarding service on a motorcycle.

Make sure that your Honda dealer fixes Honda generators. My local authorized Honda repair shop wasn't authorized to fix generators, only other power equipment. Don't know if this is usual or what, but it was my experience. Be careful - don't assume.
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Also what is S.O.C. .......... Standard Operational Capacity?
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I will probably pick up Blue today.

Thank you for your comments.
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SOC is State of Charge, the percentage of full charge in the battery.
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I went with orange. That is, a Generac IX2000, which is rated 2,000 Watts with 2,200 surge Watts. I can't test it right now because our RP-179 is at the dealer for service. However, I am confident that it will be adequate. It was purchased at Costco for $499.00 plus tax.

http://www.generac.com/all-products/generators/portable-generators/ix-series/ix2000?lang=en-US
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Okay

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I have a Ryobi 1800/2200W generator that I've been using for field charging of lithium polymer batteries for my RC helicopter hobby for the last few years. It only cost me $450 back then.

I just purchased a 179, mainly for taking to RC helicopter events. Almost all my camping will be dry. During summers down here in Texas, AC is a necessity, even at night, so I will be adding a second Ryobi generator ($549 this time) and a parallel kit ($100), which allows the combined power of the two generators to be used. I'm also adding an extended run fuel system so I don't have to worry about the fuel running out overnight.
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One thing the Generac iX2000 lacks is the ability to hook up another generator in parallel. For that, one would have to go with the iQ2000, but that would have run $300 more plus another $799 (current Amazon and Northern Tool price) for a second one plus the cost of the paralleling kit. I didn't see the Ryobi, but just looked at it and saw that Home Depot has it for $599. $549 looks to be a good price.
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Originally posted by Patriot Dave

Thanks Charlie for the reply.

Not sure if I understand the 6 volt vs 12 volt statement???? Must be something to do with capacity, could you explain?

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Originally posted by TheBum

I have a Ryobi 1800/2200W generator that I've been using for field charging of lithium polymer batteries for my RC helicopter hobby for the last few years. It only cost me $450 back then.

I just purchased a 179, mainly for taking to RC helicopter events. Almost all my camping will be dry. During summers down here in Texas, AC is a necessity, even at night, so I will be adding a second Ryobi generator ($549 this time) and a parallel kit ($100), which allows the combined power of the two generators to be used. I'm also adding an extended run fuel system so I don't have to worry about the fuel running out overnight.


An update: I used the parallel generator setup two weekends ago and it worked great. It had no problem at all with the air conditioner while running in auto throttle mode. The only tricky part was clamping off the generators' tank vent lines to allow the gas to siphon from the external tank. I misread the pictorial instructions, opened the wrong panel on each generator, and clamped off the wrong line.
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