HTG Generators

Methinks you are on the money there Roachie - the silence is deafening. And thanks for your discreet observation.

Fairly sure if there were any fans out there for the HTG I would have heard - but if this is picked up by one at a later date, feel free to let us all know - my travel plans are still in the development stage.

And I respect those tempted to remind me how good the Honda is but restrained from cluttering the thread - I have all the confirmation needed and will be joining the club I suspect.

Cheers all - Phil

Are the wombats still retrofitting earth leads to them?

Why would they be "wombats", they have no control as to how they are used & there are instances when they should be earthed.

"If the portable generator is providing electric power to a structure by connection via a transfer switch to a structure (home, office, shop, trailer, or similar) it must be connected to a grounding electrode system, such as a driven ground rod. The transfer switch must be approved for the use and installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s installa- tion instructions by a qualified electrician."

In which case, if it was ever connected to a transfer switch, the 150mm supplied (driven earth rod) toothpick is not going to provide the 'low impedance earth path' that that standard needs.

The earthing mechanism that is supplied by hire stores simply creates a false sense of security.

Thanks Sigmund - I will keep that site in my list for product references.

When googling these days it i so full of advts and clutter it is difficult to pick out a genuine site providing the info you seek and not trying to suck you into a lifetime subscription for dodgy data paid for by a promoter - either that or I just can winkle them out...

Regards - Phil

Thanks Nutta - that is a different slant - I haven't seen Ryobi gensets yet but I do have a few other Ryobi gadgets. Their brand name for tools in the past has been quite good, and so were a number of others when I was in hardware,but now I find the original equipment is no longer built to the same quality, so much of it is 'farmed out' to cheaper manufacturers and the quality does not hold up. Perhaps I had better start researching the Ryobi gear.

Pretty difficult for the bloke in the street to sort out the good gear from the 'knockoff' these days.

Regards - Phil

Ryobi make very good value battery powered electrical products. That is their core skill and they make some good stuff.

Their petrol products leave a lot to be desired. My advice would be do not buy a petrol powered Ryobi product. The return rate is very high.

Cant argue with that either.

I have nearly all their 18v stuff and its great, I'm a roofer and flog it to death.

I do have their 4 stroke lawnmower and its been bullet proof for 9 years, maybe their small engine stuff is junk.

Yep I gave some of the Ryobi 18 volt gear & I reckon its great.
Been using it for construction on our large bush property & it keeps on going.
Heaps of torque on the drill & sometimes nearly twists off your wrist!

Back onto the genie.
I have one of those GMC 2 stroke gennies that's done thousands of hours charging a battery bank & it runs for 6 hours at a time. Use good quality oil & fresh fuel, good NGK spark plug (got rid of chinese junk plug) & I just can't kill it.
I would say no matter what you get use fresh fuel, regular service & you will be fine. Of course I guess you could end up with the electrical side going bad & good practice isn't going to prevent that!
Cheers
Stu

I suppose the only problem with gmc is electronic protection and possibly noise.

I have one myself, amazingly started fairly easily after sitting for 4-5 years.

I had a look at the sine wave on a scope & yes it does contain some "noise" however it doesn't seem to worry my multi stage battery charger at all.
I do keep a 150w spottie plugged in to keep the engine loaded up & revs constant.
Also a load seems to keep the internal soot build up to a minimum resulting in less frequent :"de-coking"of the muffler.

edit:- I just realised maybe you meant noise emitted from the genie. I have it 50metres away in vented sound absorption box I made.

Bushie,

As well as being loaded, running these small gennies on straight 30 grade oil, rather than a multigrade, will often reduce, or stop, that carbon build up. Worked for me......

Bob

G'day Bob,
Thanks for the heads up.
I have all sorts of motorized gear for large property maintenance.
The little GMC is a 2stroke & I have found it carbons up less if I use the same synthetic 2 stroke oil I use in my Chainsaws & Brushcutters. If I use the cheaper 2 stroke oils then the exhaust tends to get a lot of carbon in it.
All my 4 stroke gear including 2 other 4 stroke gennies gets straight 30 grade oil as you suggested.

Back in the 70's I had an OLD Canadian loggers saw that was a 2 stroke & it got 30 grade mixed at 16:1 with fuel. Oh the good old days of working in the forest in a cloud of smoke!

Cheers
Stu

"..............in a cloud of smoke." Ha ha, and no hearing protection!

Bob

Pardon... I didn't hear you. :-)

Kept the mozzies away though.
Bloody EPA spoil all my fun! And don't forget no chain brake either.

Stu

Yes - that worked for me with the two Engel fridges I have had for many decades - and all but one of many vehicles as well.

Will have a keep an eye out on Gumtree though from past searches I suspect they don't pop up too frequently in my region - maybe too good to part with...

Regards - Phil

There is a 2kva Honda on Gumtree at the moment for $900.00.

Thanks Shaker - must be out of my 100 km range from Mandurah, or I missed it whilst following up the host of adverts that clutter the search.

I have sent off one enquiry from an advert though -will see what develops.

Cheers - Phil