Thanks for the info, and to clarify, I was NOT suggesting that anyone modify the governed speed of a mower or any other engine driven appliance. My only point was that the top speed allowed by the controls is not typically the top speed that the motor is capable of. Just because the knob is at the fastest setting doesn't mean the engine is running at full tilt.
Since you work for Honda, can you shed any light about the eU2000 generators putting out <105v when running under a load? Design life at max load?
Thanks for the info, and to clarify, I was NOT suggesting that anyone modify the governed speed of a mower or any other engine driven appliance. My only point was that the top speed allowed by the controls is not typically the top speed that the motor is capable of. Just because the knob is at the fastest setting doesn't mean the engine is running at full tilt.
Since you work for Honda, can you shed any light about the eU2000 generators putting out <105v when running under a load? Design life at max load?
BurbMan wrote: Since you work for Honda, can you shed any light about the eU2000 generators putting out <105v when running under a load? Design life at max load?
While I'm sure the R&D guys in Japan have stacks of logbooks filled with all kinds of test data, they don't share 'em. As the distributor, American Honda only provides certain specs for publication / distribution. No doubt some engineer in Japan has a good idea of how many hours an EU2 can be run at full load before there's any significant wear or damage to the unit, but it's kept confidential. Same goes for voltage drop; American Honda is provided certain specifications from R&D that are approved for publication, and no more. If you look at warranty periods, you can kind of get an idea of what is possible. For example, the EU1 is all-aluminum, and has a 2-year warranty, while all other models (including the EU2) have cast-iron cylinder sleeves, and they all have a three-year warranty.
-Robert@Honda
Caveat: I work for Honda, but the preceding was my opinion alone.
Caveat: I work for Honda, but the preceding was my opinion alone.
Until somebody else has an actual report from 7000' I consider LScamper's data to be the only "good" data that's available. Having two units behave the same makes it even more credible. Possibly the eu2000i software is geared toward protecting the generator, and not the load, in the same way that circuit breakers are there to protect the wiring, and not the load. Using the 3 percent per 1000 feet rule-of-thumb, there is 21 percent less engine power available at 7000' than at sea level. An "over engined" generator like the eu3000i or ef2400is might be able to maintain its rated output at high altitudes. My observation is that the eu2000i is close to maxed out supplying 1600 VA at my 3500' elevation, so hearing that it can't meet that power at 7000' is IMO pretty believable.
Too bad Honda won't share the technical information. That would put an end to a lot of the guessing and bad information about the eu generators.
(I tried to post this 2 days ago and finally figured out from a comment in another thread that posts can't contain percent symbols).
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Update....here we are camping. Started the Honda and fired up the air conditioner. Unit started and ran for about 15 mins the the overload light came on the gen. It ra for another 30 seconds and the the gen shut down. Good to see it protects itself against overload. Unfortunately. Don't know what the voltage was right before it went offline.
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