I use this guy to supplement my solar panels in the winter. It does 30a, I haven’t had an issue running the microwave and ac off it simultaneously. I just finished my second year with it, so far it’s just needed an oil change.
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wew that looks like a beast! thanks for the link. have you had any issues with it at all or is it just a solid, dependable generator?
A few hundred hours in and it’s been great. I’ll probably do some deep maintenance on it this fall, just to be safe.
nice!
We may be in the golden age of gennies: cheaper, quieter, more available. There have been days when I wished I had one.
Are you running it on gasoline or propane? I hear the latter is cleaner in gens and requires less maintenance (like carb rebuilds).
Whatever I happen to have extra of. The land where I use it has some propane heaters, and I try to keep 5 gallons of gas on hand.
This year was mostly gas, a 5 gallon tank lasted about a week running 4-8 hours a day, averaging 10 amps or so.
Whatever I happen to have extra of
A man after my own heart.
running 4-8 hours a day, averaging 10 amps or so
Have you observed a power output level where the genny is most fuel-efficient ($/kWh or whatever)?
I never did the math that far down. There aren’t many weeks where I needed to run it every day. The lower your draw the better has been my rule of thumb.
I have a couple jackery batteries that I keep topped off in addition to my solar system. The jackery stuff has it’s own solar panels that I can run through a window in fair weather. That stuff, $/kWh, is the ay cheaper. But of course it has a huge up front investment.
