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Bob,<br><br>
Thanks for the heads up. Dropping valves sounds alarming.
This one likely has its 400 hours, as the crew that is working on the
house runs it all day to operate tools and space heat. Maybe like the man
falling out of a 40 story building was heard to say, passing the 20th
floor, so far so good!<br><br>
Are you disillusioned with Honda? If so, why? <br><br>
Thanks,<br><br>
Drake <br><br>
At 08:23 PM 1/16/2012, you wrote:<br>
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<font face="Calibri" size=4>I am a reformed Honda Engine dealer, last
that I knew Honda built NO engines to run on propane. <br>
It seems that after 400 or so hours they had a bad habit of dropping a
valve from lack of lubrication (or so I ASSume) to the valve train I have
seen 3 or 4 engines do that, and I have only seen 4 or 5 Honda engines
with propane conversions. <br>
There are companies that do the conversions and just handle the warranty
on their own.<br>
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Just another opinion,<br>
Bob Ellison<br>
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</font><font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b>
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mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Drake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 16, 2012 6:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Allan@positiveenergysolar.com; RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Request for Gennie Recommendation<br>
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I'm installing a small off grid system that has an existing
generator. It is a Honda EU 6500 converted to run on propane.
It is sweet. I haven't found out yet if the conversion cancelled
the warranty. <br><br>
This would be too small for Allen's current project, but it seems like a
good solution for many systems. <br><br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Drake
Chamberlin <br>
ATHENS ELECTRIC LLC<br>
OH License 44810 <br>
CO license 3773<br>
NABCEP Certified PV<br>
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