Generator
 

Im after a cheap ish generator, nothing to flash but something that can link 3 or so charges to?? Don’t want to spend the earth either...
Any ideas or links to some??

Cheers

Geny
 

Make that 2 generators needed want one to run caravan for nationals - Kipor ones are ok - but are not proper genies

what are they then m8??:woot:

had mine over two years now never skipped a beat
as long as its stored correctly:thumbsup:

If your happy to mix fuel then Screwfix do a decent little 2 stroker for around £80. You do have to be absoloutely spot on with the fuel/oil mix though.

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Thanks Craig but I'm after a 4 stroke can not be bothered mixing fuel etc just want to buy normal fuel and leave it for the day.

The Kipor output is not like a normal geny it send out an output then amplifies it up, so if you need to run something big on it, it stalls

my mates one comes from Costco for around £50. very similar to the 2 stroke Wolf models. works faultlessly and happily runs a few chargers/dischargers/soldering iron. i've never mixed the fuel too precisely and it doesn't complain.

The wolf model is available from wolf-online for about £90.

that just means the one you have is to small for what your trying to run on it

thanks Craig , Makro near me has one for sale around 80 so i think i may invest in them .
what oil do you use in them ???

just normal 2 stroke oil, available from most petrol stations. the gennie usually has a little measuring cup under the petrol cap.

cheers Jim , so will a 650 w 2 stroke run 3 chargers comfortable ???

In its sleep, well yes anyway!

what should i be looking for then Dan ??
need to get something this week ..

they only stall if you over load em, my 2000 kipor runs my caravan and chargers etc no problem, even does microwave

Amazing, is that an optional extra:lol:


I need to get one too, how noisey are the 2 stroke ones?

abit to nosey for me and smelly

think ours is 800w, but it should be fine as Dan said. i can't remember the calculation to convert W/V/Amps etc. no doubt someone who can remember their physics A-levels will post up confirmation!

Watts = Voltage x Current

GCSE now!!!!!

whats your powerfactor josh


I came up with 3.14A


I= W/V x pf:thumbsup:

I dunno, i said its GCSE science, not that i listen, i got that off the first page on google :thumbsup:

I came out at 2.8 amps off a 650w generator not sure how right that is ;)

I should know this lol

A

Do genny's put out 240v or 12v? i though they were 12v but im obviously wrong, coz that would mean 54A!!!

230v, your power supply brings it down to 12v:lol:

Ash your getting 2.8 because your not including a pf. assumed to be 0.9:confused:

m8 my kipor happily run's my caravan including the lcd tv,dvd,microwave,hot water,lights plus all my race electric's etc, only thing its struggles with is wife hair dryer when most of the rest are switch on

I think this wouls be ideal, i think i might have a look at these babies:thumbsup:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-KVA-SILENT-R...em190212011832

As I see it,

Power = Amps * Volts
So
650W = 650/240 = 2.7A @240V or 650/7.2V = 90A @ 7.2V (assuming you had enough racing power supplies to convert it all down).

This is massively approximated but as you can see, charging 3, 7.2V packs at 5A = 15A @ 7.2V so is well inside the max output of the generator. There are lots of other things to take into consideration so the math isn’t spot on but you get the idea. We used to run a tent of people charging and the tele off my old Honda. The other thing to take into account is that the more power you pull from it the more petrol you use.

I bought one of these last year http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNUSED-PORTABL...QQcmdZViewItem but only used it twice as we started using Vermins as it was cheaper on fuel to run 2 tents worth of stuff off his and share fuel that run both tens off separate generators.

I’d consider selling it if you were interested, could bring it to Kiddie as long as my cast comes off tomorrow so I can drive. It’s like the one above but not a caged one, has a handle on top. I t is a 4 stroke one so no arseing about with 2 stroke oil. Try before you buy?

it looks good, but 5 hours running off one tank full? that doesn't appear to be too good?

That will be at full current draw though id imagine.

It might be worth a try, they knocked back an offer for 85 quid:thumbdown::lol:

Lee, that looks like a 'copy' of the older Honda design, like the Kippor is a very close resemblance of the newer ones. In which case it's going to be more than £85! When my old man bought our genuine Honda one back in the day it was nearly £700 :-0

You can buy them now dan for 100:thumbsup:

I was just being cheeky

Am I reading it wrong, or does it say starting bid 89.99 at the top, then lower down, buy it now price 99.99????




ha ha ha.....thought so