COSTCO: Honda Powered 4.2KW Generator
Robert
Generac, 4.2KW (5.250KW surge) generator powered by an 8 HP Honda GX
series industrial engine.
It has a 1.5 Gallon fuel tank and a pressurized lubrication system.
The COSTCO stock number is: #247358 and is $699.99
I wrote down the MFG "800" number and for more details, I'd call them:
The model number off the box barcode was: 01305-0
Not a bad price for a Honda Powered generator and a good capacity for
most standby applications. You will have to do some load managing and
I seriously doubt this would handle a hot water heater, heat pump or
AC unit (but why would you even try?)
We had a 3.5KW EB3500 and it ran out 1hp well pump, fridge, freezer,
etc... Burned about 5 gallons every 15 hours. Like most air cooled,
gas engines it was fairly noisy although much less so than the Briggs
powered units I compared it with. Most of the noise in mechanical as
there is no water jacket to dampen it.
The only down side, the small 1.5 gal fuel tank, could be easily
remedied with a little serendipity.
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jj
>Was at Costco today and saw what is a fairly good value. They stock a
>Generac, 4.2KW (5.250KW surge) generator powered by an 8 HP Honda GX
>series industrial engine.
>It has a 1.5 Gallon fuel tank and a pressurized lubrication system.
>The COSTCO stock number is: #247358 and is $699.99
>I wrote down the MFG "800" number and for more details, I'd call them:
>(800) 270-1408
>The model number off the box barcode was: 01305-0
>Not a bad price for a Honda Powered generator and a good capacity for
>most standby applications. You will have to do some load managing and
>I seriously doubt this would handle a hot water heater, heat pump or
>AC unit (but why would you even try?)
>We had a 3.5KW EB3500 and it ran out 1hp well pump, fridge, freezer,
>etc... Burned about 5 gallons every 15 hours. Like most air cooled,
>gas engines it was fairly noisy although much less so than the Briggs
>powered units I compared it with. Most of the noise in mechanical as
>there is no water jacket to dampen it.
>The only down side, the small 1.5 gal fuel tank, could be easily
>remedied with a little serendipity.
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==> A pressurized lubrication system in such a cheap, little,
generator would be a rare thing... and might be more associated
with an "extended-run" model - but that contradicts the 1.5 gal.
fuel tank. It makes me wonder just what "pressurized lubrication"
means, exactly ?
John T.
Bill
for only 449.00 at Lowes....has a 7gallon tank. Pretty darn heavy so I
got the optional wheels and Handle kit.
Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
Your right about the central heat and air. It's be better to power up a
few small space heaters and just heat a couple of rooms.
and keep the fridge going.
Since I have a 50 gallong Hot water heater with dual 5kw elements I'd
have to disconnect one element if I wanted
to run the thing......
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George Bynum
>Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
More info on them please; is there a web site? Are there natural
adapters available?
>Since I have a 50 gallong Hot water heater with dual 5kw elements I'd
>have to disconnect one element if I wanted
>to run the thing......
Only one element is ever on, so that isn't itself a problem. I am not
REALLY up on generators or water heaters, but think I'd run it from
120V rather than 240 for half the amps, 25% the power and let it take
its while ... and force myself to conserve water.
(My water heater is gas, so I don't have the problem)
George
Victor P. Dura
>Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
^^^^^^^
Would you by chance have a phone number or web site url for them?
Thanks
William P.N. Smith
>I seriously doubt this would handle a hot water heater, heat pump or
>AC unit (but why would you even try?)
Because the summertime blackouts are when you really need the A/C.
Last blackout we had to load manage between cooking supper and cooling
the house with only one of the three A/C units running, but we were
better off than our neighbors...
And sure, run your electric hot water heater off 110, it'll take 4x as
long to heat up, but it's better than no hot water at all...
William Smith wp...@compusmiths.com N1...@amsat.org
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Let me tell you about my experiance with USCarb.
I have had two kits and three demand regulators in my hand (from them) this
spring.
First, they where slow to deliver.
3/3 demand regulators leaked thru. (this is a VERY bad thing!)
Generac 10000EXL delivered 6500 on natural,7500 on propane (2X4024's dont
lie)
Onan 2.5LK delivered < 1500 on natural,<2000 on propane.
Both where "nose job" kits, added infront of the carb.
All three demand regs where just bad out of the box, the worst, the seat had
never fully contacted the seal (instead of an "O" it was a "C". the other
two had to have the idle circuit removed for it to dependably shut off the
gas ( I do not feel that the idle circuit belongs on a generator).
I have corrected the problems by sending them all back!
Purchaces IMPCO(garretson) equipment instead.(about 200 gal of propane thru
ONAN later, no complaints)
I went with a gasious fuel carb on the Onan, as it takes less time to switch
fuel systems,than to mess around with dual fuel.
(this is my full time power plant)
Generac replaced w/diesel.
Web searches turn up the 2X manu. mentioned, I recommend against USCarb,("it
can take 45 seconds for the regulator to lock out/stop passing gas" 2X
mufflers later,and one huge dent in tin roof from equipment landing on
it!!!!) although you will have to find a local IMPCO dealer. (after looking
for about 5 years for the gasious only carb for Onan, it was 7 miles up
road,in catalog,5 day wait, works fine (thank you! Niels Propane,
Panama,NY).
At the least,if you intend on running on the conversion kit, watch for
leaking regulators, (minimum safety is to turn off gas while gen is running
and on IMMEDIATLY prior to starting) and plan on some de-ration ahead of
time so that you dont get cought with your loads down.
L-head or side vavle engines are not noted for thier efficiancy (assuming
tech is,as is Onan)
The IMPCO/garretson equip is working so well I may convert Generac 3500XL to
gasious only.
good luck,besure to let us know how it all turns out.
Bill <bwee...@tdin.com> wrote in message news:3792EC86...@tdin.com...
> WOW! I picked up a 5200watt with a 10hp tecumseh
> for only 449.00 at Lowes....has a 7gallon tank. Pretty darn heavy so I
> got the optional wheels and Handle kit.
> Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
> Your right about the central heat and air. It's be better to power up a
> few small space heaters and just heat a couple of rooms.
> and keep the fridge going.
>
> Since I have a 50 gallong Hot water heater with dual 5kw elements I'd
> have to disconnect one element if I wanted
> to run the thing......
Sylvan Butler
>On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 04:14:47 -0500, Bill <bwee...@tdin.com> wrote:
>>Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
> ^^^^^^^
>Would you by chance have a phone number or web site url for them?
http://hometown.aol.com/uscarb/prof/index.htm
Check http://www.norwall.com/ Decent web site, but never done business
with them.
another poster mentioned http://www.impcotechnologies.com/
Maybe also:
Carb Equiptment Co. (241) 351-0748
Carburetor & Turbo System (612) 445-3910
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exhost of the motor to heat a fluid, then use the electricity to pump it
where you want heat, and move the air with it. Practically this just
puts the radiator of the engine in the air flow path for the central air
system. Not technically dificult, but it does need to be well sealed
aginst the exhost gas itself. I think this has already been well
covered, so I am just mentioning it here.
Bill wrote:
>
> WOW! I picked up a 5200watt with a 10hp tecumseh
> for only 449.00 at Lowes....has a 7gallon tank. Pretty darn heavy so I
> got the optional wheels and Handle kit.
> Got a propane adapter kit from US Carb so it's now dual fuel.
John Gilmer
William P.N. Smith <wp...@compusmiths.com> wrote in message
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> RadioK...@SPAM.hotmail.com (Robert) wrote:
> >I seriously doubt this would handle a hot water heater, heat pump or
> >AC unit (but why would you even try?)
>
> Because the summertime blackouts are when you really need the A/C.
> Last blackout we had to load manage between cooking supper and cooling
> the house with only one of the three A/C units running, but we were
> better off than our neighbors...
>
> And sure, run your electric hot water heater off 110, it'll take 4x as
> long to heat up, but it's better than no hot water at all...
The only good reason to go to the trouble to run the electric hot water
heater during a power failure is to take a shower.
Assuming you have propane, you can bring in a camp type burner and heat hot
water for a bath tub type bath. The waste heat will go to the living
quarters.
JLG
Nick Hull
(jj) wrote:
> ==> A pressurized lubrication system in such a cheap, little,
> generator would be a rare thing... and might be more associated
> with an "extended-run" model - but that contradicts the 1.5 gal.
> fuel tank. It makes me wonder just what "pressurized lubrication"
> means, exactly ?
> John T.
I have an extended run model with a very small tank, but it has a selector
valve to run it off of a remote 5 gal tank. I can remove & refuel the 5
gal tank without shutting the gen off.
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Tim May
<gil...@crosslink.net> wrote:
> The only good reason to go to the trouble to run the electric hot water
> heater during a power failure is to take a shower.
>
> Assuming you have propane, you can bring in a camp type burner and heat hot
> water for a bath tub type bath. The waste heat will go to the living
> quarters.
Here are some things I have done to ensure continuing hot showers:
1. Bought 2 of those $7-10 "Solar camp showers." Hang the black-colored
bag up in the sun, if the sun is shining, and the water heats up. Probably
not very effective in freezing conditions (Jan-Mar in the North and
East). But on sunny days, hanging the bags inside, behind a window, may
work.
2. Bought a camp shower with coils that can be placed in a fire, or over a
propane flame, etc. $39 from Nitro-Pak (www.nitro-pak.com). I haven't
tested it yet. Maybe not much of an improvement over simply heating a
kettle of water, but this at least provides the "hanging bag" form factor,
with a hose for the shower.
3. Lastly but not leastly, my hot water heater is propane-powered, from a
400-gallon propane tank. Assuming I have water, I should have hot showers.
(And the water pump is what I have two generators, one a good one and one
a backup, for.)
Pesonally, were I scrapped for cash, I'd put the money into making sure I
had a propane or kerosenet cook stove (e.g., Coleman one- or two-burner)
and several 20-pound cylinders of propane. Then I'd heat water the
old-fashioned way.
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Robert
genuinely interested, why not call the mfg and find out.
>>The COSTCO stock number is: #247358 and is $699.99
>>I wrote down the MFG "800" number and for more details, I'd call them:
>>(800) 270-1408
>-
>==> A pressurized lubrication system in such a cheap, little,
>generator would be a rare thing... and might be more associated
>with an "extended-run" model - but that contradicts the 1.5 gal.
>fuel tank. It makes me wonder just what "pressurized lubrication"
>means, exactly ?
> John T.
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Reggie
wheel kit and am in the process of upgrading the fuel tank. The 10hp
Honda OVH vale engine was the thing that clinched the sale for me.
Reg
RadioK...@SPAM.hotmail.com (Robert) wrote:
>Was at Costco today and saw what is a fairly good value. They stock a
>Generac, 4.2KW (5.250KW surge) generator powered by an 8 HP Honda GX
>series industrial engine.
>
>It has a 1.5 Gallon fuel tank and a pressurized lubrication system.
>
>The COSTCO stock number is: #247358 and is $699.99
>
>I wrote down the MFG "800" number and for more details, I'd call them:
>
>(800) 270-1408
>
>The model number off the box barcode was: 01305-0
>
>Not a bad price for a Honda Powered generator and a good capacity for
>most standby applications. You will have to do some load managing and
>I seriously doubt this would handle a hot water heater, heat pump or
>AC unit (but why would you even try?)
>
>We had a 3.5KW EB3500 and it ran out 1hp well pump, fridge, freezer,
>etc... Burned about 5 gallons every 15 hours. Like most air cooled,
>gas engines it was fairly noisy although much less so than the Briggs
>powered units I compared it with. Most of the noise in mechanical as
>there is no water jacket to dampen it.
>
>The only down side, the small 1.5 gal fuel tank, could be easily
>remedied with a little serendipity.
>
>