Generator

[kurt535]

So,

Have bought shiny new Weinsberg but, water heater needs electric hookup to work. Minor snafu..:0 Anyway, I am wondering what my options are to make it work if on a site with no mains hook up. So far a generator looks the only way forward but.....can you buy/swapout water heaters that will run on Calor, etc?

And, if I go down the generator route, what size do you guys go for as a minimum? I have my eye on a 2kw Honda.

Feedback welcome!

Ty

[chasingracecars]

Haven’t we been through this with you already?

[kurt535]

still not feeling I got the definitive answer...im drawn towards buying the Honda EU2.0 but £1200 is a lot of cash to get it wrong so need one more round of what people are using. PITA? yes, apologies

[Spuffington]

I had an EU20i which I ran for a few months with Harry. It was a superb bit of kit - started first pull, every time. Probably only ran it for <10hrs though as I ended up coming back to plug into the house elecs. But it was very quiet, ran for >5hrs on one tank of fuel (depending on throttle load) and was sufficient to fully charge hab batteries in an hour or so or run a 600w microwave with very little difficulty.

Only issue was the 1200quid purchase price but I sold it for 900quid used. So although a lot of pounds per hour, their residuals are strong if you decide to move them on. I guess as a result of their legendary reliability, quietness and efficiency.

I could do with getting another now as I'll soon be moving off the house plot and perhaps to a small CL but I'm holding off as I may end up getting a Dometic onboard LPG generator with remote control fitted so that I'm not schlepping around an extra bit of kit to plug into and I can set it to recharge the batteries automatically if the voltage drops in my absence. A lot of wedge but for me, just a month or so mortgage payment so will pay for itself quickly.

[kurt535]

Spuffington said:

I had an EU20i which I ran for a few months with Harry. It was a superb bit of kit - started first pull, every time. Probably only ran it for <10hrs though as I ended up coming back to plug into the house elecs. But it was very quiet, ran for >5hrs on one tank of fuel (depending on throttle load) and was sufficient to fully charge hab batteries in an hour or so or run a 600w microwave with very little difficulty.

Only issue was the 1200quid purchase price but I sold it for 900quid used. So although a lot of pounds per hour, their residuals are strong if you decide to move them on. I guess as a result of their legendary reliability, quietness and efficiency.

I could do with getting another now as I'll soon be moving off the house plot and perhaps to a small CL but I'm holding off as I may end up getting a Dometic onboard LPG generator with remote control fitted so that I'm not schlepping around an extra bit of kit to plug into and I can set it to recharge the batteries automatically if the voltage drops in my absence. A lot of wedge but for me, just a month or so mortgage payment so will pay for itself quickly.

Ty so much for this post. I wasn't even aware of an onboard one. admittedly this is for a caravan but iM off to research now!!

Ty

edit..ok...£3.5k. that looks the daddy though!

Edited by kurt535 on Tuesday 30th January 13:20