Hey Phil, good to hear from you again. I guess you can add me to the Honda admirer crowd. I recently designed a system for a 38 footer and the only genset on board was a Honda 2000 (gas). The boat is a twin diesel power cat and there isn't enough room to fit a genset on board. So we plunked it aft in the coaming of the cockpit but facing outboad. Easy to do on a new build custom hull in metal. Somewhat more difficult on an existing boat.
Regarding the noise issue, out her at least there are rules governing genset use ( any kind, an boat) in the marine parks. Any complaint will be lodged against offenders and fines can be levied. However, if proper etiquette is observed it should not be an insurmountable problem. Some people attempt to use the 8 amp output from the genset as the primary means to recharge and wonder why it takes so long. I still prefer the high amps ( 120 - 200 amps ) method of direct drive of big alternator for larger bank charging. I am now testing a new concept. A custom built 230V 4kW gneset driving a pair of Victron shore power chargers. They pretty much max out the genset. Going 230V in the rotary genset eliminates the I squared R losses at high amp DC so even the losses inherent in the shore power chargers is still acceptable. Next project is likely to be a Honda driven 200 Amp Balmar. Last one was a yanmar diesel but the noise from that was not acceptable. The custom muffler shop wanted more for a muffler than I paid for the engine. Cheers Arild > Arild: > > Thanks for your post. You make some very good points about the Honda. We > love ours too much and wouldn't leave the dock without it. I feel that a > big advantage of the Honda is that nearly everyone else has one. This > pretty well neutralizes the noise issue since, if I run mine now, how can > the guy in the next boat over complain since he knows he will be running > his > later. > > Another benefit is the Yahoo group devoted to the Honda at: > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Honda_EU2000_Generators/ This group > is more like a cult of people who love the Honda EU2000i so much they can't stand it. If you can't find the answer to your question here, you aren't going to find it. > > My only complaint about the Honda is its small gas tank, but the Yahoo > group offers many, many ways to add a larger auxiliary tank. Some day, I'll get a round tuit. > > Fair winds, > > Phil McGovern > s/v Sunshine > PDQ 36 LRC > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
