Two new Yamaha's at the Hondrosa!

[dcarver]

I finally broke down and added two new blue Yamaha's the stable. Both are stunningly beautiful, easy starting, high output machines. So happy to have these. They are lightweight, powerful, handle great, have rpm cruise control, and simply rock.

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Hah!


Solar panels and genies - now I can dry camp until the water runs out!


Awesome! They can be paralled for maximum Amp output. The AC, TV, and Fridge are no problem for these two. They adjust RPM to load and are incredibly quiet.

 

[Niehart]

And for a generator, they pertty darn quite.

So now you can't give me the old power is out, maybe stop another time story.

 

[user 6393]

I was about to be jealous as sh#t, but...........

whew!

Nice units, more portable than ours

 

[escapefjrtist]

Ditto DC! Gotta have a generator and ready supply of fuel.

Mine will run the whole house (minus heat-pump) for all winter comfort. During the winter of 06/07, the power was out in my 'hood for six days after a bad wind storm...would have been bad w/o a generator!

--G

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Very nice. I bet they start much easier than the overweight POS that I bought. We need them down here for hurricane season but I have not had to use one since Hurricane Gustav.

 

[juniorfjr]

What is this power outage thing you guys are talking about? Living in Shangri-la the power never goes out.

 

[FJRay]

I don't need it very often but when I do it's nice to fire it up and flip the transfer switch. I would like one big enough to run everything but that would take 10kw or more. I just shut down unneeded 220 circuits.

 

[HotRodZilla]

I have those exact same units. I lover them. Run our camper every year. Will run 8-12 hours on a tank of fuel. I stablize the fuel for the winter, and in June, they start on the first pull. Most people we camp with are jealous of how well these Yamahas perform.

Don, watch that combo cable. I'm sure you know they're $100 a pop. If you move the generators while they're connected, there's a very high chance you'll bend one of those connections. When you straighten it out, it will snap. Be careful with them.

 

[Hudson]

DC gots to generate!

Actually, was eyeing the tractor....

 

[Dudewado]

What oil do you put in them?

 

[Fred W]

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

 

[beemerdons]

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

No worries Freddie Bear, our dcarver does dumb better than anyone we know!

 

[HYCLE]

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

No worries Freddie Bear, our dcarver does dumb better than anyone we know!

Nuclear guys allways have a backup.

 

[Hudson]

Fred, guessing that Carver needs to run both in parallel to have enough to power his air conditioner on the RV.

Either that or he wants enough juice to power his hair dryer whilst he runs his Nespresso.

 

[Chiefblueman]

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

I have two Honda 2000is gennies for camping and powering the house. My reason for buying two small gennies was weight. I can pick up 46 lbs at a time much easier than the weight of a 3500w Honda at ~ 140lbs.

 

[dcarver]

And for a generator, they pertty darn quite.
So now you can't give me the old power is out, maybe stop another time story.

Actually, Pops, it was the 'If the campers a rocking', don't bother knocking!' that got you!

I don't need it very often but when I do it's nice to fire it up and flip the transfer switch. I would like one big enough to run everything but that would take 10kw or more. I just shut down unneeded 220 circuits.

Yep. I gotta get a xnfr switch installed. The primary reason for purchase was for dry camping the portable Hondarosa when I'm away working outages at the nookie.

I have those exact same units. I lover them. Run our camper every year. Will run 8-12 hours on a tank of fuel. I stablize the fuel for the winter, and in June, they start on the first pull. Most people we camp with are jealous of how well these Yamahas perform.
Don, watch that combo cable. I'm sure you know they're $100 a pop. If you move the generators while they're connected, there's a very high chance you'll bend one of those connections. When you straighten it out, it will snap. Be careful with them.

Zilla, exactly. The Yamaha's have fuel shut off from the tank to carb so one can run the bowl and choke circuit dry. The Hondas don't have that ability.

DC gots to generate!
Actually, was eyeing the tractor....

1991 JD 870, all of 28 HP, 4wd. It's achilles heel is the front wheel drive 'z' drive. In 1900 hours I've been through 3 rebuilds at 1.2k per. The rest of the tractor is solid.

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

They can be paralleled for double the output, Fred. With 30+ amps one can run and cycle an AC while the micro is running. Pretty interesting how the two generators sync to each other when the 2nd one comes on line. Pretty cool technology.

Possibly dumb question here: Why have two small gennies instead of a single bigger one?

No worries Freddie Bear, our dcarver does dumb better than anyone we know!

Nuclear guys allways have a backup.

EXACTLY!

 

[huron52]

I wouldn't say Nuclear always has A back up. Our Canadian system has at least three backs from the one that is running.

I never realized that the Hondas don't have shutoffs between the carb and tank. That must be way people have to rebuild the carbs so often.

I have been eyeing up the Yamaha 2400 inverter model for few years. They sure don't want to give them away!