Honda generator

Better price baw:

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Great generator, had the EU200, but upgraded to the EU3000. Look at it this way it would run whatever you can plug into a typical 20 amp home receptacle without tripping the breaker, the 2200 will obviously handle more. During hurricane outage I ran a 5000 Btu window unit, standard refrigerator, and some lights on mine. Starting current of appliances with motors is the critical thing, my frig draws about 11 amps at start up and 7 amps running, the AC is about 8 amps starting and 4 or 5 running, so even with a total starting current of 19 amps if both the frig and AC unit kicked on at the same time the EU2000 would handle it. IF we needed to run the coffee maker or microwave we would unplug the frig while doing so. Only down side is the fuel capacity, would run about 6 hours on a tank at the loading I described which meant if I filled it up when I went to bed, I was going to have to refuel at 5 AM. The is a ton of stuff on the web about hooking up larger external fuel tanks for extended running. You just cant go wrong with this, and how quiet they run is worth every penny of the premium price. Mayberry Sales usually has the best price with free shipping.

A propane portable generator would be a better way to go, is it not?

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How much can I run with it? I am told that it can handle a small ac unit.

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I can run a 4,500 watt window unit, chest freezer, refrigerator, computer, lights in living room and office. It's not the cheapest but I bought it for low noise level since I plan to travel with it for a camper. And I bought it for reliability.

You can get one of these to test your loads:

Kill A Watt meter

it's an amp meter you plug into a wall outlet, and then plug your appliance into it to see the amp load. The Honda will handle 18 amps. My chest freezer takes 1.0 amps when it runs. I don't remember the others but I'm around 12 amps when the generator is running (very rare).

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How easy is it to start? Is the recoil very hard? Just want to be sure my 80 year old dad can start it if I am not around.

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Incredibly easy, my wife who has little upper body strength could start it easily, usually less than a full pull starts it. When storing it is best to empty any remaining fuel, since the tank is so small no a big issue, then start it and let it run the carburetor dry, when stored in this manner I never had any problem with it starting the next time I used it.

That is what I did with my old generator. I just run it dry. Unfortunately it now only puts out it electricity on one outlet. The other 110 and 220 quit. If I could find someone to fix it, it would cost more than it is worth.

I'd wait until a couple hundred hours of service before declaring it the best

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Better price baw:

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I was gonna say 999 is the norm.

That’s cute

Still waiting for the review.