[PCW] Honda generators, was Carbon monoxide -- explosion risk

[Georgs Kolesnikovs]

>Robert Deering wrote:
>On the Coastal Cat ideally there'd be an on-deck, properly vented &
>exhausted locker that could accommodate one of the newer inverter-type
>portable generators like Honda makes.  Light weight, reasonably quiet if
>it's inside a locker, and it can pull out of the boat's onboard fuel supply.
>Gets fumes and fire risk out of the hull of the boat.  Also costs a fraction
>of an installed diesel genset and is easy to maintain/replace.

Anyone have any experience, good or bad, with Honda generators?

http://www.honda.ca/PowerEng/Generators/InverterandCycloconverter/EU1000iC.htm

I'm close to buying one for my outboard-powered TomCat, to provide an 
alternate source of power on board and to enable me to charge 
depleted batteries when not connected to land.

--Georgs
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Georgs Kolesnikovs
   Power Catamaran World
   http://www.powercatamaranworld.com