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    Posted: 18 Jul 2017 at 10:12am
Originally posted by Capt Kidd

I have a 179 and the Honda 2000 wouldn't run the AC so I bought a Yamaha 2400 which will./  I paid $1295 plus tax and am very happy with it.


A few people have discovered that if they turn off the converter or disconnect the battery, a Honda 2000 will run their AC. I haven't tested it myself.
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Originally posted by mcarter

I am not lazy but in tune. My Generac does what I want it to do, and I understand the limitations. So I am happy. I agree you can purchase bigger happy, but I chose not to do that, I chose a genset I can maneuver and meets my needs. Lot of products out there. Mine does what I need.


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There are lots of choices for folks to consider. If I were wanting to purchase a genset today, I would be looking for something smaller, maybe 1000 watts. 99.9% of the time, I just use mine for battery charging.

Yes, the link posted does not work.
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Originally posted by Mtn Ascender

So I recently sold my Honda eu2000i after 13+ years of minimal use. It was barely just too small. I needed another 300-500 watts.

I found this unit from Westinghouse. Not much info out there on it as it is a new model. But it appears very similar to the Honda in almost all aspects.

It appears to work pretty decent. Is within a db or 2 of the Honda and has similar run specs. I've barely run 1 tank of gas through it but it seems to function quite nice.

http://apelectric.com/westinghouse-igen2500-2200w-portable-inverter-generator/?gclid=CP7S0P3pkNUCFYE2gQodu84Jcw


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I am not lazy but in tune. My Generac does what I want it to do, and I understand the limitations. So I am happy. I agree you can purchase bigger happy, but I chose not to do that, I chose a genset I can maneuver and meets my needs. Lot of products out there. Mine does what I need.
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Guys if you're too lazy to click on the link I posted the Westinghouse can be bought for $550. Not $1000 or $1295 and it does just as much as the more expensive ones do.
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I have a 179 and the Honda 2000 wouldn't run the AC so I bought a Yamaha 2400 which will./  I paid $1295 plus tax and am very happy with it.
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So I recently sold my Honda eu2000i after 13+ years of minimal use. It was barely just too small. I needed another 300-500 watts.

I found this unit from Westinghouse. Not much info out there on it as it is a new model. But it appears very similar to the Honda in almost all aspects.

It appears to work pretty decent. Is within a db or 2 of the Honda and has similar run specs. I've barely run 1 tank of gas through it but it seems to function quite nice.

http://apelectric.com/westinghouse-igen2500-2200w-portable-inverter-generator/?gclid=CP7S0P3pkNUCFYE2gQodu84Jcw
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The Honda generators tend to handle power surges better than cheaper ones. The typical Champion 2000W has an 80cc engine, but the Honda EU2000i has a 98.5cc engine.
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Hey Ken:

I'm not yet an Rpod owner, but we are semi-seriously thinking that it will be our next rig. 
We're now on our third pop up camper, a Forest River Mac. 
I bought a Honda eu2000i generator last year before we did a 15,000 mile from FL out to WA state and all in between. Needed it when we were off-grid, to recharge the pop up battery mainly because I use a CPAP machine at night. 

Bottom line:  the Honda is a terrific generator. It runs a long time on a gallon of gas. It is VERY quiet, with a "normal" setting, and an even quieter "Eco" setting. It starts up easily and dependably. It charged the battery up with no issues. 

It is worth $1000.00. 

Next week we are going on a 2-month road trip up the Easr coast. 
I upgraded the battery from a 100-amp hour starting battery to two 100-amp hour deep cycle batteries running in parallel. I expect this to work well. We will see. 
Hope some of this info is useful to you. 

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I have two 2000i generators. A handa  and a honeywell.  Both run great. The honda starts on the first pull and the honeywell always needs about ten pulls with a little help with starting fluid. There both quite running.  honda about $1000 honeywell $500. honda is lighter by about 10lbs.
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