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40-50 pound 2 stroke generator question
Does anyone have experience with a very small generator? I have a 7KV but would like to have sometime for work lights, run a small battery charger, etc that is very portable.
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40-50 pound 2 stroke generator question
Thanks everyone. While I am not buying today I think the Honda EU1000iA2 is the one I want. New they are nearly $700 and about 1/2 that if used some I noticed on the web. While more watts is better the 30 pounds/120 AC/12 DC is an attractive combo.
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40-50 pound 2 stroke generator question
If someone could help me better understand the below message I would be greatful:
Lighweight and compact, Honda's EU2000IA is powered by an air-cooled 4-stroke engine. "Its heavy metal casting has been replaced by a lightweight plastic so it weighs only 28.6 lbs." It's ideal for home and professional equipment including computers.
When I click on specs it states the normal weight of 46 lbs. If I could get a 2000 (1600w cont.)that weighed the same as the 1000 (900w cont.)I am interested. Perhaps it is something new or wrong info. Regardless I would like to know if the plastic would stand up fine under normal use. If they can make plastic wedges and plow wings why not tractor hoods and generator castings.
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40-50 pound 2 stroke generator question
DRankin,
I think you are correct. I found the specs on the EM 500 which has 1/4 the output of the EU 2000i and it weighs 40lb. which is only 6lb. less then one 4X as powerful. So the EU 1000i is 11 lb. lighter than the older technology that has 1/2 of the output. In fact one could move from the EM 500 to the EU 2000i with little weight gain. I can see why the EU series is popular.
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40-50 pound 2 stroke generator question
The reason Honda EU "i" series is of interest is because we have a software company and one of our products is PowerClaim property estimating software and since we are not that far from Reelfoot Lake I know we could see a big earthquake some day or other weather related concern. In the event of an earthquake, etc our need to be up and running 24/7 becomes even more critical because we would have so many users out in field at the same time. When we build our own location in about 3 years we will go with a complete back-up generation system. A couple of these light units can be kept off-site as we keep the second phone system off-site but every 30 days we exchange the two phone systems.
We also have the small battery backup power sources but they are only good for minutes.
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The Honda eu series is in high demand it seems. While I have found some on ebay they have been going very close to the price of new one's. For the $$ vs. pounds I too like the eu2000i and two cost less than the eu3000i which weighs 134 pounds but is electric start. The eu2000i is 46 pounds each and two can be put together with cables to get 4000 watts surge/3200 cont. which makes them very portable. The eu1000i is very nice at 29 pounds but max out at 8 amps limiting its use with powertools but would be nice for work lights and battery charger use.
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