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

[sealubber7 at aol.com]

I've used a Honda EV 3000 on a Lagoon to run the air conditioning. We set it on the port sugar scoop and plug it into the shore power. Works great, only issue is that it uses gas. It is quiet, thrifty, and easy for two guys to handle. I don't like gas on a boat, but with proper precaution, not a problem. The EV 2000 is easier to handle, but not big enough to handle air conditioning.


-----Original Message-----
From: Georgs Kolesnikovs <georgs at powercatamaranworld.com>
To: Power Catamaran List <power-catamaran at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 9:53 am
Subject: [PCW] Honda generators, was Carbon monoxide -- explosion risk



>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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