This is it! A Honda EX1000 genny.
I have been longing for a Honda genny for quite some time. Unfortunately, a new EU series luggage genny is way out of the budget, and also wasn't until 2 recent local power outages (more than 6hrs each) that got me thinking once again.
Although I have a ET1200 portable 2T genny (similar to those harbour freight ones, but this one from Eastern Tool claimed to be 1200watts peak), which had helped in keeping my fridge running during the outage to keep the food from spoiling, fact is that (a) these 2T gensets are downright noisy, with noise figures at the late 70s dB @ 3m, they literally drowned out the entire neighbourhood.
Another pet-peeve is that I have to remember to mix the oil in gas and then use it, the extra hassle...
Anyways, finally cut to the chase and bought an extremely low-mileage EX1000:
Runs on regular unleaded gasoline (it's single cylinder 97cc sidevalve in iron sleeved), so no need to keep 2T oil around at all times (hate the smell, and the mixing, esp. in the midst of a storm or in the midst of the nite).
It came with 1/2 a tank (0.4gal) of stale gas (just a step away from being declared "rancid"), so although it runs, I need to take apart the carb and clean everything once before I can safely use it from now on. Also need to drain the stale gas out and check the rest of the stuff...
This is the back view of the genny:
I know 1000watt doesn't equate to much (esp. when you compare to their most recent offerings RE: Honda EU1k or EU2k series where with ecothrottle, parallel cable, pure sine wave technology, etc. I whould have no problem keeping my fridge running (that's all I care for during extended power outage, for the rest such as recharging cell phones, etc. I can do so with power packs or car battery + inverters, etc.).
Parts seems to be a bit hard to come by but nevertheless: still available.
If only I can bet my hands on one of those EX5000 that my good ole friend has over gig harbour (water cooled Honda engine, super quiet), that would be fabulous. But then again: I don't have the space nor need for that....power outage is not that frequent here in my stretch of the area...
Q.
I have been longing for a Honda genny for quite some time. Unfortunately, a new EU series luggage genny is way out of the budget, and also wasn't until 2 recent local power outages (more than 6hrs each) that got me thinking once again.
Although I have a ET1200 portable 2T genny (similar to those harbour freight ones, but this one from Eastern Tool claimed to be 1200watts peak), which had helped in keeping my fridge running during the outage to keep the food from spoiling, fact is that (a) these 2T gensets are downright noisy, with noise figures at the late 70s dB @ 3m, they literally drowned out the entire neighbourhood.
Another pet-peeve is that I have to remember to mix the oil in gas and then use it, the extra hassle...
Anyways, finally cut to the chase and bought an extremely low-mileage EX1000:
Runs on regular unleaded gasoline (it's single cylinder 97cc sidevalve in iron sleeved), so no need to keep 2T oil around at all times (hate the smell, and the mixing, esp. in the midst of a storm or in the midst of the nite).
It came with 1/2 a tank (0.4gal) of stale gas (just a step away from being declared "rancid"), so although it runs, I need to take apart the carb and clean everything once before I can safely use it from now on. Also need to drain the stale gas out and check the rest of the stuff...
This is the back view of the genny:
I know 1000watt doesn't equate to much (esp. when you compare to their most recent offerings RE: Honda EU1k or EU2k series where with ecothrottle, parallel cable, pure sine wave technology, etc. I whould have no problem keeping my fridge running (that's all I care for during extended power outage, for the rest such as recharging cell phones, etc. I can do so with power packs or car battery + inverters, etc.).
Parts seems to be a bit hard to come by but nevertheless: still available.
If only I can bet my hands on one of those EX5000 that my good ole friend has over gig harbour (water cooled Honda engine, super quiet), that would be fabulous. But then again: I don't have the space nor need for that....power outage is not that frequent here in my stretch of the area...
Q.
