John, We have a unit that I paid about $300 for from Tractor Supply. It is made by Champion Tools and has 3500 watts continuous with a 4000 watt surge capacity. It has a LOT more than 150 hours on it without a bit of problems. They key in my mind and from talking to others is keeping it properly maintained. Regular oil changes, running it under load every month for maybe 10 minutes or so. I use it for extended power outages and my motor home for awhile now without any problems. Sounds like the Yamaha dealer is trying to make a sale?
John Valenti wrote: > I was looking around for a method to keep at least my backbone > running during an extended power outage. (we have had ice storms take > out power for 4 - 7 days). > > It seemed like the small generators might be a solution, the Honda/ > etc name brand ones seem to be ~$600 for 1000 watts. And I found a > company that sells Yamaha 1000W generators converted to dual fuel (NG > or propane) for about $1000. They also sell a 2400 watt generator > that is triple fuel, gas/NG/propane that is tempting, even at $1600. > > But then I ran across some imported 2 stroke, 1000 watt generators. > Harbor Freight has them in their catalog for about $150. I found a > similar one in a local store that is on sale for $99. The box says > it will run for 8 hours on tank of gas (at half load, 1.25 gallons). > > These imported ones just seem like they are too cheap. And I'm not > too fond of 2 stokes. That Yamaha dealer warns that the cheap > generators are only designed to last 150 hours - but maybe 150 hours > for $100 isn't too bad a deal. > > Just wondering if anyone has thoughts or experiences on this issue. > thanks > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
