Oasisbob wrote: Twin 2000's equals more purchase price, more maintenance, more fuel. More weight, More noise. If these are not an issue do it. Personally I would go with the 3000. Probley a Jonda or Yamahe. Reliable and quiet
Two Honda 2000's vs one Honda 3000...
Two 2000's = 110lbs
One 3000 = 144lbs
Purchase price is a wash between the two.
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I have never needed more than one Honda 2000. I do have the Polar Cub A/C which works fine with the 2000.
If I needed more than the 2000 I would go with two 2000's. Just because you have them, does not mean you have to run them. I bet you would seldom need to run more than one.
Consider, if one quit, you would still have the other for typical needs. With a single generator, one quits, you have nothing. As for maintenance and repairs cost, I have installed one new plug in over seven years, and changed oil (1/2 quart) several times. I did drain the water out a couple of times. It is not often I have to lift my Honda 2000, but it it not a big deal, a bigger generator would be a different story.
Each of us have different needs/wants with the generators, but as I stated one has been all I need. If it was not enough, I would go two Honda 2000's.
Go small. Get a Polar Cub 9200 (they run on a single 2000 watt generator and cost around $800 bucks) and a 2000 watt generator. The 3000 watt generators are heavy and bulky and can be difficult to store.
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Here's something to look at. A Honda 3kw weighs 125lbs without fuel and oil. The tank holds over 3 gals and runs about 7.2 hours at 1/4 load.
A Honda 2kw weighs about 50 lbs and holds about one gal of fuel and runs about 8 hrs on 1/4 load.
A gal of gas weighs 7.3 pounds. That means that you will have about 150.00 pounds of genset, fuel and oil all stickin out in front of your rig. There is a formula for such occasions to see how much weight there is actually loaded on the front axle and tires.
To run that gen for three days, not nights it will use more than ten gals of gas at a weight of 70 pounds. Where are you going to store two five gallon cans of gas?
It was mentioned that you get a Polar Cub. Let me throw this out. My friend just replaced his 13,000 Coleman with a high efficiency Dometic,
It runs on less amps than the PC and is a great deal quieter.
Do you happen to know the specs or model # of that Dometic? I think I'm about to need either an overhaul or a new A/C.... Curious also as to how long it's been in use, but if you can provide the model I can do the research easily. thx
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narcodog wrote: Here's something to look at. A Honda 3kw weighs 125lbs without fuel and oil. The tank holds over 3 gals and runs about 7.2 hours at 1/4 load.
A Honda 2kw weighs about 50 lbs and holds about one gal of fuel and runs about 8 hrs on 1/4 load.
A gal of gas weighs 7.3 pounds. That means that you will have about 150.00 pounds of genset, fuel and oil all stickin out in front of your rig. There is a formula for such occasions to see how much weight there is actually loaded on the front axle and tires.
To run that gen for three days, not nights it will use more than ten gals of gas at a weight of 70 pounds. Where are you going to store two five gallon cans of gas?
It was mentioned that you get a Polar Cub. Let me throw this out. My friend just replaced his 13,000 Coleman with a high efficiency Dometic,
It runs on less amps than the PC and is a great deal quieter.
I have to run with you on your thinking...Best bet is to optimize your electric consumption. LED's, high efficiency appliances etc can go a long ways to reducing the demand curve, then a smaller genset...its where I am headed.
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narcodog wrote: Here's something to look at. A Honda 3kw weighs 125lbs without fuel and oil. The tank holds over 3 gals and runs about 7.2 hours at 1/4 load.
A Honda 2kw weighs about 50 lbs and holds about one gal of fuel and runs about 8 hrs on 1/4 load.
A gal of gas weighs 7.3 pounds. That means that you will have about 150.00 pounds of genset, fuel and oil all stickin out in front of your rig. There is a formula for such occasions to see how much weight there is actually loaded on the front axle and tires.
To run that gen for three days, not nights it will use more than ten gals of gas at a weight of 70 pounds. Where are you going to store two five gallon cans of gas?
It was mentioned that you get a Polar Cub. Let me throw this out. My friend just replaced his 13,000 Coleman with a high efficiency Dometic,
It runs on less amps than the PC and is a great deal quieter.
I have to run with you on your thinking...Best bet is to optimize your electric consumption. LED's, high efficiency appliances etc can go a long ways to reducing the demand curve, then a smaller genset...its where I am headed.
My Honda 2000 will run over 12 hours at 1/4 load. That is a big reason I chose a 2000. Plus, our Search and Rescue squad has 3 Honda EU3000i generators, and it is about all I can do to lift one.
Also, one gasoline weighs 6.2 to 6.4 lbs per gallon. Diesel weighs about 7.2. Still not a big weight difference.
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