which portable generators do people have

[Travelover]

.......... when I have my electric hot water on my transfer switch box two meteors are reading just a hair under 5,000 watts if those are accurate that would put the gen/invert near the limit or edge of the universe, guess I could take a cold shower thow and at my age I dont need cold showers anymore.............

You can wire your water heater so both heating elements don't run when on generator power. Or you can run it on 110 volts so the elements pull less power, but take longer to heat the water.

 

[Oldpath05]

You can wire your water heater so both heating elements don't run when on generator power. The second element is for a fast recovery, which is a luxury not a necessity.

Never heard of that, I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Wonder if new electric hot water heaters have a switch for doing that, my 40 gal heater is almost 30 years old, I think it was made by Timex.

 

[techman]

You can wire your water heater so both heating elements don't run when on generator power. Or you can run it on 110 volts so the elements pull less power, but take longer to heat the water.

Electric water heaters never run both elements. They are staged so the top comes on first and once it hits temp it enables the lower element. This scheme is used for "fast recovery"

You are correct that you can run it on 110 volts. It will draw 1/4 of the power, about 1,100 watts.

paul

 

[Garandman]

I only run a generator when I REALLY need it, it's considered one of my "emergency tools", so I buy known quality... And, in the long run it has paid off for me.

Just because some one can get something built cheapo in china, and put a common name on it, doesn't make it good quality that can be depended on for long life.

SO, I have been sticking to tools of "known" quality...

SR

I bought this one because our Honda EU3000iS was stolen.

Since you buy products of “ known” quality, where was your Honda made?

Honda produces approximately 48 thousand compact gasoline generators ranging in capacity from 0.6 – 80 kVA in Japan, China, France and India, and supplies them to North America, Europe and various other countries around the world.

Honda Worldwide | Power Products - Generators

"Relatively quiet."<<<<<So this is your opion from listening to it, guess what I'm asking is, you've tried it and thats what you consider it to be? Would you say like a small lawn mower, rototiller, woodsplitter or quieter than those?

A little louder than a Honda EU2000i, which is a common benchmark as supposedly it’s the single most popular generator model in the world. We have two Companions and one regular.

A LOT quieter than any construction (ie, 3600rpm Direct) Generator we致e looked at. Indoors with windows closed you barely hear it.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Since you buy products of known quality, where was your Honda made?

Are you trying to say "Honda generators" aren't of known quality??

Seems being of known quality negates where it was made... but, like YOU posted, they are the "common benchmark" for all others...

SR

 

[ultrarunner]

Quality should be based on the quality of power reliably produced...

 

[goeduck]

Never heard of that, I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Wonder if new electric hot water heaters have a switch for doing that, my 40 gal heater is almost 30 years old, I think it was made by Timex.

You must change your anode on a regular basis?

 

[Oldpath05]

I bought this one because our Honda EU3000iS was stolen.

Since you buy products of “ known” quality, where was your Honda made?


Honda Worldwide | Power Products - Generators

A little louder than a Honda EU2000i, which is a common benchmark as supposedly it’s the single most popular generator model in the world. We have two Companions and one regular.

A LOT quieter than any construction (ie, 3600rpm Direct) Generator we致e looked at. Indoors with windows closed you barely hear it.

That's the the kinda answer I was looking for, thanks.

 

[Oldpath05]

Quality should be based on the quality of power reliably produced...

I'll go along with that.................

 

[Oldpath05]

You must change your anode on a regular basis?

Only thing I done to my electric hot water heater is after the first 10 I drain the tank cause someone said that should be done once in awhile, but that drain valve was so hard to turn I never done it since, fraid of breaking it. Then not long after that I got a water softener and I had red water for a few days.

As I think about it, that water heater is over 30 years old now, bet they dont make em like that no more, must be a Honda water heater...............