wmbjk said:
For sure. But those are a relatively rare, and with $300 Chinese
generators showing up seemingly everywhere, the days of making use of
such old stuff are all but gone. I still have some 50 year old
equipment here, but my last small engine without recoil start was
about 35 years ago. I did have to start one on a friend's cement mixer
a while back. Wrapping shaggy poly rope around the remains of the
long-gone recoil starter's hub. And an old wool sock for an
air-cleaner to boot.
Wayne
On Ebay there is a guy selling these little 850 watt 2 stroke generators for
$134.99 with free shipping. The feedback on these units seems good. They
have a 6.2 hour run time on 1.2 gallons of fuel.
Our power was out for more than a day and I didn't want to start my 5,000
watt generator, even though it has a full tank of gas. I was about ready to
fire it up to run the well when the power came back on.
We used a small camping propane heater and propane lantern. We got 4.5
hours of heat on one 16 oz propane tank. So we also got light and heat from
the lantern. It was 26 degrees outside during the power outage. Yet we were
nice and warm and had hot food from the small camp stove. A small B&W TV for
entertainment that ran on D batteries.
Yet even though we did fine a small 3,000 watt generator would have been
nice. I have been thinking about one of these inverter generators on Ebay
for about $300.00. He claims a 15 hour run time on 12 liters of fuel. But I
don't know anything about these generators. Are these better than the 3,000
watt units at Shucks auto parts for $329.00?
Also when I replace an alternator it comes with a warning that it's not
for battery charging, but only for maintaining a charge in a battery. So
does this mean that an inverter run from a car is not a good idea?
Richard W.
