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Yahama Generator (Read 4555 times)

Feb 10^th, 2016 at 5:43am

norweb Ex Member

Just bought a Jayco Heritage 2004 caravan and I am thinking of buying a Yamaha EF2000IS2KVA 4-stroke petrol powered inverter silent generator.

Is the one I need as I want to be self sufficient in the bush.

Never owned a caravan .

thanks norm

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Reply #1 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 7:25am

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One of the biggies is if you want to run your airconditioner. Some aircons need a huge amount of power yet others don't. My last van had one of the Dometics on it (forget what model now) and a Honda 2kva had no chance of running it yet my current van has a Coleman Mach on it and a Honda will run the aircon, battery charger and fridge all at the same time.

I would suggest you talk to the dealer and ask if if you give one a run first to make sure it will start the aircon.

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Reply #2 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 9:14am

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What Derek suggested is good value to test run first.

My BIL works on generators.
He recommends them highly.
Wish I'd known that before I bought the Honda(that failed after the first night of operation)
Could have saved a few hundresd$ as well.

Aart

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Reply #3 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 10:51am

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I think it will be OK, I bought at Sydney Tools for 1649 down from 2000 .

I camped for about 50yrs in tents so the air-conditioner is a luxury it mainly the lights and battery.

Thanks for your replies norm

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Reply #4 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 2:00pm

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Might have a Honda 2 kva for sale soon. Since changing my solar and battery set-up I think it may become superfluous unless I head for the tropics and need the aircon.

I now have 480 watts of solar and 200 ah of battery.

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Reply #5 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 4:02pm

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Derek wrote on Feb 10^th, 2016 at 2:00pm:

I now have 480 watts of solar and 200 ah of battery.

Now that's a good setup Derek. Even on cloudy days it should still be putting some charge in.

Jeff

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Reply #6 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 4:22pm

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Chally wrote on Feb 10^th, 2016 at 4:02pm:

Even on cloudy days it should still be putting some charge in.

Haven't really had a chance to try it yet but on one day when it was overcast and showering the system still managed to pump the batteries back up to 100% state of charge

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Reply #7 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 4:43pm

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Derek wrote on Feb 10^th, 2016 at 4:22pm:

Haven't really had a chance to try it yet but on one day when it was overcast and showering the system still managed to pump the batteries back up to 100% state of charge

Good to know it fully recharges the batteries on those sorts of days. Excellent for winter time down south when there isn't as much sunshine.

Jeff

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Reply #8 - Feb 10^th, 2016 at 7:50pm

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We been home since end November cause our panel is on top..we been leaving 6 of our inside lights on in the van for 24 hours a time....battery is still fully charged

even in Victoria winter our 80w panel still puts charge in battery on overcast days

http://smokeydk.blogspot.com.au/

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