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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 01-01-2020, 20:11
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Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

You dont want honest opinions and input dont ask for them .

Now for that couple months in the Bahamas do you really need air conditioning when not in a marina with shore power available?
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 01-01-2020, 17:09
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

then there is the battery question .

200ah worth of daily power production what type of batteries are you feeding ? What is your average daily power usage?

If daily usage is easily covered by...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 01-01-2020, 13:43
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Not quite i cant stand the banging of an improperly secured halyard banging on the mast in a breeze .
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-12-2019, 18:34
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

sorry to burst your bubble but diesel engines still produce lethal quantities of carbon monoxide .

While diesel fuel combustion engines produce lower levels of carbon monoxide than gasoline...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-12-2019, 16:06
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

This thread has gone well past its intended at inception
If they want to try for a darwin award let them :whistling:
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-12-2019, 00:34
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

a carburetor is where the fuel is vaporized and mixed with air at the optimum for ignition .

Now with injected gas cars the fuel is injected in the intake where it is still regulated for optimum...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-12-2019, 22:32
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

didn't need a video to tell you that gasoline engines run on gas vapors ( the flash point of gasoline is approx -45℉) and not liquid fuel . ( auto ignition is at 536℉)
There is a specific ratio...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-12-2019, 11:36
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Dont know about that but this site has lots of generator enclosures for marine applications

https://kshmarine.com/custom-generator-boxes/
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 26-12-2019, 07:19
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Different type of volatile involved in fueling cars. ( trust me 3 ex wives all red heads ) the most volatile of all colors.)

As to fueling cars and static women are more likely to be wearing...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 25-12-2019, 00:20
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

This gasoline marine genset just showed up and the price is great .
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/bpo/d/monroe-kohler-5ekd-5kw-marine-generator/7040341257.html
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-12-2019, 23:25
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

a couple things first off it takes horsepower to run the dc generator
Not a lot but some.
And there isn't much extra with the little 2200 inverter generators.
The dc generator unit likely looks...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-12-2019, 21:13
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

ok yes the dc charging circuit is completely separate from the AC side .
See diagram.

As far as I see the 8 amp is a near constant similar to the charging circuit on a small outboard motor .
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-12-2019, 08:56
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

my bad I typed the wrong numbers .should have been the 2800
...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 18:23
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

As to the enclosure causing any thermal issues well there are literally tens of thousands of air cooled generators in enclosures all over the united states now . Just look at the generators in the...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 17:53
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

actually the little inverter generators produce quite a bit less heat due to them being actually a small engine turning a multi pole alternator that is run through an inverter to produce the usa how...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 12:46
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

they do make 2kw gasoline water cooled generators but only factory direct via Alibaba b2b ( that I am aware of )
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 10:40
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Gord first off thank you for your research

Secondly none of this would apply due to not being in the hull. The generator in question was placed ( if I understand correctly what was described. )...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 10:22
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

as to your #5 why? You are running the generator to charge your house bank along with all of the other stuff so just use an amp out of that to run a cooling fan . Or if you prefer run the fan on...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 09:52
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

You forgot the mostly superfluous nature of many of those long winded and uninformative posts
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 09:23
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

#1is solved with proper install of #2
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 09:18
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Thats a good idea as well thanks i will add it to my toolkit for potential installs
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 08:52
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

actually following the postings on the first 3 pages there was no issue with post #12 the op's position was clarified and there was no more discourse untill post #37 which resulted in a rather curt...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 08:43
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

#2is not difficult to achieve just requires a small ( 1 amp or less) portion of the power produced to run a cooling fan blowing into the enclosure and out vents on the opposite side . Size to be...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 23-12-2019, 05:53
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Nice looking little bit of camouflage :biggrin:
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 22-12-2019, 21:33
Replies: 369
Views: 42,109
Posted By newhaul
Re: Honda 2000 built in.

Keep in mind that this is a world wide forum and about 70% of the planet doesnt care about the ABYC recomendations. They just dont apply to them period.
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