Honda EU1000i portable generator review


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Thought I would relay some feedback after a few weekends out with this unit. My 1998 27PC did not come with a generator so I finally decided to spring for a portable. At 1000 watts it won't run the microwave or a hair dryer (sorry Admiral) but it will run a coffee maker, toaster and Norcold fridge as well as charge the battery. You can't run the toaster and coffee maker at the same time though. It will run for 7 hours on 2 quarts of fuel in Eco Mode (fridge, stereo and battery charger only for example). In case you think this is a plug for the Honda, I've heard the Yamaha is equivalent. Space is at a premium on a 27PC or else I would have gone for the 2000 to avoid the coffee/toaster issue and other high demand situations that can trip the overload switch.
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I recently bought a Honda 2000 and I have mixed feelings. The generator itself is fantastic for what it is.....quiet, powerful for its size, and its just a nice package that is easy to carry around and handle. It will run my 10,000 BTU A/C unit no problem along with the TV and DVD, phone chargers, etc. It will NOT run the A/C and the battery charger. It will run the microwave by itself. You can't hear it over the A/C unit in the cabin when it is out on the back deck...you forget its there quickly.

I read all kinds of nightmare stories about how bad of an idea this was to have on the boat. I tested my carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they were working, and I set the generator on the swim platform. I couldn't believe the amount of exhaust coming off that thing into the rear area of the boat. I've been using small generators a long time, and just never realized how much exhaust there is because you are never that close to them. I was out at lake of the ozarks for the shootout and the last night it was just too hot in the cabin. I fired up the generator and slept with the AC running. I was up every hour worried about the detectors. It also ran out of fuel pretty quick running that big A/C unit.

This past weekend I decided to give it another shot, but I had my wife and kids with me this time. I put it on the back platform and tried to anchor in the wind as much as I could. I was just paranoid for the 30 minutes I had it running...and I went in the cabin and my wife was sitting on her phone reading about carbon monoxide. I shut it down and rolled back into the slip to hook up to power...enjoyed a live band on the dock and that's probably how I'm gonna sleep I guess. I'm gonna keep it in the back of my truck just in case, but I think the ONLY way I will run this is if I can get tied up to a dock that no one else is on, and run the generator 20-30 feet away from the boat up on shore or on the dock.

The next day I probably saw 10 boat with those damn things mounted up on the bow or to the swim platform....most of them on the bow. Maybe that's the way to do it instead of putting it on the swim platform.

I'm gonna see about installing the Kohler that I wish was on this boat when I bought it. Used twice Honda 2000 for sale!
 
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I have only used mine on the bow and of course all hatches must be closed. I also only have used it during the day and not while we are asleep. Where I boat is nowhere near as hot as where you are so the need to run the A/C to sleep isn't really an issue. I think we had maybe two or three nights this summer where I needed A/C at night and thankfully we spent it at the slip with shore power.
 
The bow would be better, more air movement around it and that allows the CO2 to mostly dissipate...
 
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