Post by: scottfrick on July 22, 2015, 08:56:17 PM
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Post by: KFhunter on July 22, 2015, 09:27:01 PM
you could do with the smaller one, I would stick with invertor style though.
Post by: nastybynature on July 22, 2015, 10:17:33 PM
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Post by: PiNkPaNtHeR on July 22, 2015, 10:55:19 PM
I'm looking at Champion inverter generators, lot less money and getting great reviews.I have a Champion 3500 (Continuous) and like everything except the noise. It's easy to start, has never failed, is economical, and the price was right. That being said.................
you could do with the smaller one, I would stick with invertor style though.
Scott - this probably isn't what you were thinking, but here's something to consider as I was reading what you want it for. You said a light and to recharge cell phones, right? Well, in the past couple of years I've been replacing the light bulbs in the house with LED bulbs. They average about 7 watts for a 60-watt equivalent (incandescent). Just for the fun of it I put a couple to the test - well a couple of lights and a couple of my deep cycle batteries. I hooked up one of the lights in our living room to one of my deep cycle trolling motor batteries. 3 days later it was still working just fine. I don't know the total number of hours because I turned it off when we went to bed. I bought a 15-watt solar panel from Northern Tool a few years ago just for the purpose of keeping one battery charging while I was using the other. I was just thinking that you might not need to burn any gas at all or listen to that noise if you had a couple of deep cycle batteries, an inverter, and a small solar panel.
I also have dimmable LED bulbs and 3-way LED bulbs. A good battery could power an LED rope light and some other lighting, recharge phones and portable video games and have power to spare.
Post by: Grit dog on July 22, 2015, 11:30:11 PM
All cheaper than any decent generator.
Presuming youre not Needing the power a long way from the vehicle.
You could put a solar charger on your batts when parked or start the truck to recharge.
Otherwise, hard to beat the little Hondas I gave $500 for a 2000w Honda, looked beat up but runs like new.
Been offered $500 for it years later.
Post by: Sandberm on July 23, 2015, 06:53:40 AM
Id be curious to go solar though
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Post by: Stein on August 17, 2015, 09:24:48 PM
I figure it is a lifetime investment the few hours I put on it.
Post by: jimkirk on August 17, 2015, 09:37:47 PM