Posted 2007-08-29 10:18 AM (#66712) Subject: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 122 Location: Grant Twp., MI
Here we go again....I currently have a Honda 3000 quiet generator....but a friend wants to buy it from me and I was wondering....what is the next BEST thing in quiet generators? I heard it was Yamaha? Please give me your opinions! Thanks!
Posted 2007-08-29 10:43 AM (#66719 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 3802 Location: Rocky Mount N.C.
Why don't you just keep your Honda? Let them spend their dollars on a new Honda or Yamaha. I myself have a EF3000iseB Yamaha. I bought the Yamaha over the Honda because of the extra 500 watt boost (3500-vs-3000) and the Yamaha has wheels............So Now I have to keep it tied down good or it's all over the back of the truck, the Honda will sit pretty good without the wheels. If I were to do it all over again.....Who knows, I might go for one of those Chinese knockoffs. I could buy five of four of those (Kipor, Champion, etc.) for what one 3000 watt Honda or one 3500 Yamaha inverter generators cost!!!
Posted 2007-08-29 11:14 AM (#66726 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 122 Location: Grant Twp., MI
Hi and thanks - well I keep my generator in my first stall. There is a stud panel and it hasn't been a problem. I thought I might benefit from the 3500 Yamaha and I was told that they are quieter than the Honda.....another thing, I got a really good buy on my Honda and can sell it for more than I paid....can you take the wheel off the Yamaha?
Posted 2007-08-29 12:18 PM (#66736 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 3802 Location: Rocky Mount N.C.
I think "Wise Sales" on the internet, has propane kits along with high alltitude kits for Honda and Yamaha. I could take the wheels off, but I would need to fabricate some "feet" for the generator to sit on. Think I would rather have the wheels and have to keep it tied than to have feet and have to pick it up to move it. This Yamaha weighs in at 147.4 lbs. dry!!! I used to keep my generator in the rear tack compt. Bought a new G&S show cart and had to use that space to transport the cart so the generator ended up in the back of the truck next to the cab. Bought a big rectangular (blue, matches generator) plastic tub from Wal-Mart, flipped it upside down, and covered the generator when not in use. Use a couple rubber straps to hold tub onto generator when traveling.
Posted 2007-08-29 11:34 PM (#66807 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 456 Location: south of Cowtown, TEXAS
I have a Kipor 3500ti (inverter) They're just nearly identical to the Hondas at half the price. Very quiet and a great running machine. I've had mine almost two years now and not even one hiccup! (knock on wood)
Posted 2007-08-30 8:37 AM (#66828 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 736 Location: Western WA
I just bought an Onan 3500i gas powered generator and its pretty quiet. Its making its debut this week at a show in Sacramento where the high yesterday was 128 (not kidding) so the generator is keeping the A/C running. Will run the A/C and the microwave together - not even a hiccup.
Posted 2007-08-30 9:16 AM (#66830 - in reply to #66807) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 122 Location: Grant Twp., MI
I notice that you carry your generator in the pickup bed.....when you hook up to your trailer to re-power batteries or just run things...do you keep the generator in the truck or what? Do you plug your trailer into the generator? Sorry, I'm dumb about this cause mostly my hubby takes care of this part of the camping adventure!!! We keep ours in our first stalland I'm not sure how he handles it? Guess I should learn.
Posted 2007-08-31 11:40 AM (#66911 - in reply to #66712) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
We always leave ours in the bed of the truck. We have a insulated ground wire that we hook to it and to a 12 inch tent stake that we pound into the ground. If it was a perm mount then I guess it would be grounded to the trailer somehow, but we use it for the camper and horse trailer so in the truck it goes. I like the idea of the plastic tub to cover it.
Posted 2007-09-01 4:18 AM (#66982 - in reply to #66830) Subject: RE: Inverter Generators
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Posts: 456 Location: south of Cowtown, TEXAS
Originally written by Judy K on 2007-08-30 9:16 AM
I notice that you carry your generator in the pickup bed.....when you hook up to your trailer to re-power batteries or just run things...do you keep the generator in the truck or what? Do you plug your trailer into the generator? Sorry, I'm dumb about this cause mostly my hubby takes care of this part of the camping adventure!!! We keep ours in our first stalland I'm not sure how he handles it? Guess I should learn.
It stays in the back of the truck 24/7. It has a 30amp twist lock plug and yes, it plugs in directly. Really, it's the easiest thing I do! It plugs in and key starts from standing next to the truck.
I run a thick cable lock through the frame of the generator and through a tie-down on my truck. I keep it covered with a heavy duty small grill cover, the one with elastic around the bottom and it fits the generator like a glove! It will eventually rub a hole where the generator contacts the cab, but the covers only run about $5.
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