[RE-wrenches] Small Generators=waste of $

[robert ellison]

After 15 years i recommend the small ones only for emergency use if there is
nothing else to do the job. In most cases they will go a tolerabe job of
charging but when a large load kicks on it gets real funky fast and the
inverters will probably kick it off if adjusted well.

I have a couple myself, but don't try to live on one. Fuel use is high and
expensive. I have a fellow that used to blow one every 6 months. (coleman,
cambell hounsfield and others with briggs engines and the like.

Bob

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Dana <dana at solarwork.com> wrote:

> I place Coleman, Generac, North-star and a lot of the small 3600 RPM
> generators in the wasted $ column. Too many problems, short life, bad wave
> form, lack of real service, and basically a fine waste of money. I have
> clients that could not afford a good water cooled generator that have not
> been through one cheap generator about once every two years.
>
> You could buy a big boat...........
>
> Thanks -
>
> Dana Orzel
>
> Great Solar Works, Inc
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> E - dana at solarwork.com
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> and
> coal run out before we tackle that."
> -Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March
> 1931
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Drake
> Chamberlin
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:27 AM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Small Generators
>
> Hello Wrenches,
>
> Has anyone had problems with small generators, creating problems with
> electrical or electronic equipment?  I'd like to incorporate Coleman
> Powermate generators in backup systems.  They have units in the 5 KW
> range that have engines that seem fairly sophisticated.  They do not
> have electronic voltage regulators, but appear to have effective governors.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drake
>
> Drake Chamberlin
> Athens Electric
> OH License 44810
> CO License 3773
> 740-448-7328
> 740-856-9648
>
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