<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Dana <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I place Coleman, Generac, North-star and a lot of the small 3600 RPM<br>generators in the wasted $ column. Too many problems, short life, bad wave<br>
form, lack of real service, and basically a fine waste of money. I have<br>clients that could not afford a good water cooled generator that have not<br>been through one cheap generator about once every two years.<br><br>You could buy a big boat...........<br>
<br>Thanks -<br><br>Dana Orzel<br><br>Great Solar Works, Inc<br><a href="http://www.solarwork.com/" target="_blank">www.solarwork.com</a><br>E - <a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a><br>
V - 970.626.5253<br>F - 970.626.4140<br>C - 970.209.4076<br>"I'd put my money on solar energy. I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and<br>coal run out before we tackle that."<br>-Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March<br>
1931<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] On Behalf Of Drake<br>
Chamberlin<br>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:27 AM<br>To: RE-wrenches<br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Small Generators<br><br>Hello Wrenches,<br><br>Has anyone had problems with small generators, creating problems with<br>electrical or electronic equipment? I'd like to incorporate Coleman<br>
Powermate generators in backup systems. They have units in the 5 KW<br>range that have engines that seem fairly sophisticated. They do not<br>have electronic voltage regulators, but appear to have effective governors.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Drake<br><br>Drake Chamberlin<br>Athens Electric<br>OH License 44810<br>CO License 3773<br>740-448-7328<br>740-856-9648<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br>
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