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Thinking about getting an EU 2000 to mount on the swim platform. My plan is to run it 24/7 when I leave the dock to augment my wind generators.

I figure this will keep me 100% power for when I pull into the anchorage and set anchor 12.23 feet from the nearest boat.

Thoughts?
 
Just a bit of an aside... but I wonder how many portable generators are sitting on the ocean floor from having walked off the swim platform?

--Rick
 
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Originally posted by Rick D

Just a bit of an aside... but I wonder how many portable generators are sitting on the ocean floor from having walked off the swim platform?

--Rick

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These generators have feet? The salesman did not mention that.

Maybe I should build a box for it and epoxy it to the platform.
 
I have 2 Honda EU2000's and only run the one that's on the side of the boat that no one else is anchored near.... :)
 
Here we go again. Another portable generator thread. There used to be a guy on here that had plans how to build one from a riding lawnmower...
 
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Originally posted by carver 2557

Here we go again. Another portable generator thread. There used to be a guy on here that had plans how to build one from a riding lawnmower...

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If I affix it to the swimplatform, is it really a portable generator at that point?
 
Going by that theory, if you affix it in your bilge, is it really a portable generator at that point?...
 
If I affix it to the swimplatform, is it really a portable generator at that point?
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I would imagine that it would depend on how you affix the generator to the swim platform. Will you firstly affix it to the box you are building or will you affix with bolts or just a strap?
 
And...yes, those generators do have feet. They have little rubber ones that are on the bottom corners of the Honda EU 2000.
 
I don't have a Honda but I do have one of those little harbor freight 2 strokes I use run an AC unit in the cockpit with my new enclosure up. It is a little loud and I have thougt about moving it to the swim platform but wearing earplugs solved the noise problem. My question, since it is only two strokes instead of four, it only emits have the CO2, right?
 
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I don't have a Honda but I do have one of those little harbor freight 2 strokes I use run an AC unit in the cockpit with my new enclosure up. It is a little loud and I have thougt about moving it to the swim platform but wearing earplugs solved the noise problem. My question, since it is only two strokes instead of four, it only emits have the CO2, right?

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That is my understanding. What kind of ear plugs? ear muffs or the in your ear plug style? I have some shooting muffs I could wear if need be.
 
Are they Marine ear muffs. Using any other type of ear muffs other than marine rated can cause hearing loss.
Al
 
They are marine ear muffs as I purchased them from western marine. I think shooting muffs would work too. But I would not use regular machinery muffs. To much moisture in the air.
 
Bill D just bought a portable generator for his house .... not sure if he will use it on the boat or not. I suggested that for home use it is better to run it in a closet to keep the noise under control. I haven't heard how that worked out!!! Hmmmm....maybe I better check on him!
 
I'm thinking of getting one too and a backup:) also so I can charge my batteries if I don't run my built in one I may need to run the portable just so I can start the boat to leave.
 
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