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Summanus
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We are Honda fans now.
After the Guardian 10KW, we bought the Honda 5500 watt, water-cooled, key-start, many settings and functions, so quiet movie industries use it for
their remote sets, puts out power plus, and sips fuel. Bought for about $2600 new at dealer with solid warranty. For our use, Honda makes the best
genset we've had in the last 40 years. We use gensets for home off-grid use, hunting camps, and RV use. Ones we have used in the past are Onan
diesel, Generac propane, Briggs/Stratton gas, Coleman. The Onan worked great for a long, tough life, but was very heavy and not very quiet. Generac
was okay, but had frequent switching problems, I think Briggs should have stayed with grain auger engines, Onan Emerald propane RV model is good,
also.
A lot of RVers we know prefer the 2000 or 3000 Hondas...easily connecting two inline for special needs.
For that emergency use in a casa....sounds like a 3000 would fill the bill and not break the bank.
Summanus....ancient Roman Nightly Thunder God. He liked refrieds too.
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Hook
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Consider using the generator............
..........to power a "smart" charger rather than rely on the 8amp, builtin, 1-stage charger on the Hondas or whatever brand. Much better on your
battery and a much faster charge if you have really brought it down low. Xantrex makes one that is switchable between a 2, 20 or 40 amp charging rate.
Three stage and will also equalize the cells. Under 100.00 and very compact, even the cabling is housed in internal compartments.
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Bob and Susan
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Xantrex is chineese
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Xantrex is chineese |
Dodge's are Mexican..........what you gonna do??  Seriously, I have
had good luck with Xantrex products.
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Bob and Susan
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my inverter has been in for repair two times in the last year...
i thought dodges were from canada...
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Xantrex is chineese |
From the Xantrex web site
Xantrex is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:XTX). Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company has 500
employees and recorded revenues of US $139 million in 2005. Xantrex has additional facilities in Arlington, Washington; Livermore, California, and
Barcelona, Spain.
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Bob and Susan
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well...EVERY part inside my inverter is "made in china"
i was there for the replacement of several of the computer boards
Xantrex was Trace and these are made in china.
"Xantrex already manufactures many of its products in China and has also established positive ongoing relationships in the region. The company has
signed up dealers such as Beijing Corona and JK Energy, both of which are associated with government entities. By conducting product assembly and
creating a dealer network in China, Xantrex is better able to leverage its outsourced manufacturing."
from
http://www.xantrex.com/web/did/986/readnews.asp
we did just buy a HP computer....guess what?...made in china
[Edited on 11-15-2006 by Bob and Susan]
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