we have a couple of the EU2000i and they are great. they are the size of a large boom box and easy for one person to carry. they are quiet and run well. our APC 1000XL UPSs are perfectly happy with the power that they spit out. we have the external 5 gallon tank and they will run for over a day with that much fuel.
-sean On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Peter Kranz <[email protected]> wrote: > So we had two PG&E outages this week that lasted for extended periods of > time.. one 13 hours and another closer to 20 hours.. In both bases we > lugged the massive 5000 watt generator to the tower site. I think it weighs > 250 lbs. and is very hard to load and unload from the back of the pickup > truck. Honestly I think it’s one of those mom picking up a car from on top > of their baby moments every time I manage to load this thing by myself. > > > > My biggest site takes ~1kw of power to run when the UPS is recharging the > on-site batteries (like it would be after a power outage) which seems well > within the possibility of the smaller Honda EU2000i unit. > > > > I worry about the stability of the power, and it tripping the UPS, along > with its actual capacity to provide clean power that the UPS wont reject. I > figure I can run an external 6 gallon marine tank on one of these and keep > a site up for 24 hours easy. > > > > So the next step up is the EU3000, which increases to 150lbs.. Still 100 > lbs lighter.. but.. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > *Peter Kranz*www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > [email protected] > > >
