#20 Home Depot wrote: You could not give me an Onan. Here is how I have my Honda setup. It is locked on by a large cable and my 6 gallon boat tank is on the opposite side. I also have the power cord connected and have run it going down the highway in pouring rain with no issues at all. It is VERY easy to reach down and start it and I have run 3 days 24hrs a day with the AC on without refueling. Love it! My baby Weber and other stuff are stored in the generator compartment.
Nice setup 20.
How did you mod your gen for the boat gas tank to feed it?
How did you mod your gen for the boat gas tank to feed it?
It is really easy. Do a forum or google search and you will see several different methods. Mainly you just buy a spare gas tank cap for the generator and gut the vent. Drill and tap it for 1/4" npt. Get a fitting and teflon it and run a hose to your boat tank. Some people think you need to add a primer bulb but it is not needed as it is self priming. I put a clear inline filter on my hose and used Yamaha stainless fuel line quick connects on each end of the hose. They have internal check valves so they are leak proof when disconnecting. I have been running this setup for many years now.
QUESTION:
While your genny is in operation with the auxillary tank, will the genny siphon fuel from the boat tank until the genny's tank is totally full (to the cap)? Or, if you have say...1/2 tank of fuel in the genny, does the boat tank just 'maintain' it at that level?
Doug
It will maintain whatever level is in the main tank and never add to that. Best to fill the main tank first before connecting the aux one to it. It will only draw into the main tank what the engine is using and no more because the use from the main tank forms a vacuum and draws fuel from the aux tank and uses the aux tank cap as a vent.
Well, my honda just gave up, no more 110 volts. I will take it to the dealer, it is still on warranty. Wonder what happened, it does not run very often.
How did you mod your gen for the boat gas tank to feed it?
It is really easy. Do a forum or google search and you will see several different methods. Mainly you just buy a spare gas tank cap for the generator and gut the vent. Drill and tap it for 1/4" npt. Get a fitting and teflon it and run a hose to your boat tank. Some people think you need to add a primer bulb but it is not needed as it is self priming. I put a clear inline filter on my hose and used Yamaha stainless fuel line quick connects on each end of the hose. They have internal check valves so they are leak proof when disconnecting. I have been running this setup for many years now.
How did you mod your gen for the boat gas tank to feed it?
It is really easy. Do a forum or google search and you will see several different methods. Mainly you just buy a spare gas tank cap for the generator and gut the vent. Drill and tap it for 1/4" npt. Get a fitting and teflon it and run a hose to your boat tank. Some people think you need to add a primer bulb but it is not needed as it is self priming. I put a clear inline filter on my hose and used Yamaha stainless fuel line quick connects on each end of the hose. They have internal check valves so they are leak proof when disconnecting. I have been running this setup for many years now.
QUESTION:
While your genny is in operation with the auxillary tank, will the genny siphon fuel from the boat tank until the genny's tank is totally full (to the cap)? Or, if you have say...1/2 tank of fuel in the genny, does the boat tank just 'maintain' it at that level?
QUESTION:
While your genny is in operation with the auxillary tank, will the genny siphon fuel from the boat tank until the genny's tank is totally full (to the cap)? Or, if you have say...1/2 tank of fuel in the genny, does the boat tank just 'maintain' it at that level?
Doug
It will maintain whatever level is in the main tank and never add to that. Best to fill the main tank first before connecting the aux one to it. It will only draw into the main tank what the engine is using and no more because the use from the main tank forms a vacuum and draws fuel from the aux tank and uses the aux tank cap as a vent.
Thanks for enlightening me on that subject. It makes sense now.
I'm going to make a setup with a 3 gallon boat tank. I don't need the volume of a 6, but for one full night of running, I need more than the 1.1 gallons the genny holds.
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