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Old 11-16-2013, 04:38 PM   #1
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Old 04-13-2014, 12:37 PM   #2
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Looks like the EU series that we use is not included in the promo.
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Old 04-13-2014, 12:58 PM   #3
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Looks like the EU series that we use is not included in the promo.
Maybe it was back in mid-November when the promo link was first posted. If special deals lasted forever, they wouldn't be "special" anymore!
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Old 04-13-2014, 01:31 PM   #4
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Yes, that was at least 4 months ago. It turned out to be a pretty good promotion when coupled with an additional promotion at Camping World.
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EXPIRED?

The fine print says offer expires 5/31/14.

Didn't realize I've been asleep since November!

Dang..........how long have I been out?

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Old 04-16-2014, 11:47 AM   #6
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The extra extra fine print says the generator offer ends at the end of April. The mower offer ends the end of May.
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The current "offer" at that link expires at the end of April.

But it doesn't contain any "deal" on generators, which it evidently did when the link was first posted.
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Old 04-22-2014, 10:02 PM   #8
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I am about to buy one.... which one should I buy? I want to run a 5000 BTU air conditioner, a coffee maker, microwave, computer and speakers.

Ruscal mentioned the EU series... is there a reason why?

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Smile Quiet.

My understanding is the EU series is rather quiet and won't make you a pariah at camp grounds.
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Maybe less of a pariah.
My wife complains when I fire up my Honda 1000 EU.
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LOL. Silence is golden -- especially when it's the wife....


No, dear....I didn't say that....got to go!
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I am about to buy one.... which one should I buy? I want to run a 5000 BTU air conditioner, a coffee maker, microwave, computer and speakers.

Ruscal mentioned the EU series... is there a reason why?

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Dan,
The EU series is designed for rv use with enclosed engines for quieter operation than the open designs. They are also lighter than typical construction generators.
I selected two 2000 watt generators in stead of one 3000 watt since I couldn't lift the 3000. The 2000's are easy to lift and can be paralleled with an optional jumper kit. In cooler weather we just take one gennie for the microwave and blender.
I found it to be unpractical to use a generator to re-charge the house battery due to the long time it took to reach full charge. Solar is the way to go for those duties.
I don't know if one EU2000 will run your 5000BTU airco. Others can post their experience on that.
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Running the generators in parallel is interesting. I would be curious to know how they deal with keeping the inverters "phase synced".

Using a motor to drive an alternator, to feed 12v power to an inverter, to produce 110 A.C., that then goes into a battery charger, to feed 12v to batteries, just sounds like it would have a lot of conversion losses. I can see this being quite impractical to charge batteries. Too bad these type of "gensets" don't have a feed straight off the alternator to charge 12V batteries.

A typical 5000btu A/C is going to need 500-600 or so watts to run, but this will vary a bit from model to model (this assumes no other loads). However, there is is brief period of time at start up where a typical unit will require 1000-1200 watts to get started. Again this varies from model to model and assumes no other load. I would say an inverter alternator like the Honda EU2000i would run a typical 5000btu A/C, as long as there was minimal additional loads (i.e. not microwaving a burrito or running a large TV when the A/C starts up).

This is based off my knowledge of electronics and my practical experience running appliances and such off a small (1250watt) generator at my home during power outages. In other words, I really annoyed the other "campers" with my noise and the fact I had lights and they didn't. ;-)
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I should add that camp grounds are very quiet at night and generators (any) are very conspicuous.
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I have been told that the best way to use a generator to charge your battery is to use the 110 from the gen to power a battery charger which has better capabilities to monitor the battery as charging takes place.
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Perhaps they need to incorporate the sort of charge controllers used for wind or water turbines fed straight off the alternator....

Sorry if I am borrowing knowledge of power systems from outside the RV world, but then again, why not?
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Maybe you can give me some advise here. I have an old 1800 watt generator and the governor to control the motor speed under various loads is not repairable. I was wondering if there is something out there that I could feed the 135 VAC into that would regulate recovered voltage to 110?
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Let me think about that a bit, Frank. Much of my past research and experience is with 12-36v feeding charge controllers to charge batteries, which in turn get stepped up to standard household voltages with inverters. I am a little unsure what to do with too much power, but I like the challenge. ;-)

My initial reaction is a lot of power will be lost in heat by regulating it, which will lead to premature failures, but i'll give that problem some thought....
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The Honda EU series are the Gold Standard in portable generators and I can see little need to re-engineer them. As the 12VDC output is somewhat limited, using a 120VAC charger running off of the generator makes some sense for a more rapid recharge.

BTW: Almost all campground restrict (read prohibit) running generators at night.



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Maybe you can give me some advise here. I have an old 1800 watt generator and the governor to control the motor speed under various loads is not repairable. I was wondering if there is something out there that I could feed the 135 VAC into that would regulate recovered voltage to 110?
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It's not the voltage that's the concern, it's the frequency which is varying as well. If you are more than a few Hz off of 60 HZ a lot of ac items can and will not be happy, over heat etc. Beside that, as you already know, that's a very noisy generator and it's not all that suitable for campground use.



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