A New Twist on the Honda E2000i Gererator

[drjohn71a]

Warren,

Congrats on getting the genset. I think you will enjoy it a great deal. To me, the decision was either a huge bank of batteries and electronics that I'd have to charge, maintain, etc., or just a couple of house batteries and a small genset.

West Marine sells the marine twist lock to RV, but since marine requirements are more stringent than RV requirements, I'd go to a big RV catalog or parts store for the twist lock to RV adapter. The RV adapters are dark brown/black and the more expensive marine adapters are yellow with a threaded collar and sealing ring - not needed for one to run on an RV.

I just spent a couple of nights anchored out at below freezing temps, using the genset off and on to run the microwave, TV, computer, charge camera batteries, and make sure I had a full house battery charge before going to bed with the Wallas handling the cold. It had to be over 80 degrees in the cabin with that Wallas on ! In the morning I went out to the cockpit cooler in my swim shorts and T-shirt to get some milk for breakfast and, Wowee! - it was 26 degrees out there!

Without the genset, I'd not be able to run the Wallas all day and night without risking low batteries.

John