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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Topic: Generator Size Question Posted: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:33pm |
Patriot Dave wrote:
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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Patriot Dave
Senior Member Joined: 06 Feb 2016 Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2016 at 5:38am |
Also what is S.O.C. .......... Standard Operational Capacity?
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Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto. Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday |
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Patriot Dave
Senior Member Joined: 06 Feb 2016 Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2016 at 6:00am |
I will probably pick up Blue today.
Thank you for your comments. |
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Dave & Joyce
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2016 at 8:27am |
SOC is State of Charge, the percentage of full charge in the battery.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2016 at 5:09pm |
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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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Patriot Dave
Senior Member Joined: 06 Feb 2016 Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2016 at 8:01pm |
Okay
Thanks |
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Dave & Joyce
Never Forget, In God We Trust; This Our National Motto. Member; Patriot Guard Riders, Michigan Chapter Retired; So Every Day is Saturday.... Except Sunday |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 11:48am |
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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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 01 Mar 2016 at 1:51pm |
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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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Patriot Dave
Senior Member Joined: 06 Feb 2016 Location: LaSalle, Mi. 48 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2016 at 8:07pm |
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Dave & Joyce
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 12:33pm |
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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