Congratulations on the gen set. That Honda has a fine reputation.
I also think it was wise you went with a smaller, both in size and capacity, unit. Larger units consume large amounts of fuel while lightly loaded and can be grossly inefficient as a result. A smaller unit also reinforces the idea that when your using the generator it is a special time. A time to conserve, limit power use to critical needs.
People who get larger units are often tempted to use more power than they really need. Units with automatic starting and power transfer invites people to ignore any wider emergency and use electrical power with abandon. Wasting what could be very valuable resources at a very critical time.
A smaller unit that has to be manually started forces a very useful change in mindset. An attitude shift toward making resources last, adapting to adversity gracefully.
I will warn you that that unit is so nice, and so portable, that you need to invest in a good cable and a lock if you don't want it to wander.
Thanks Art.
You nailed it, I got the power to consumption ratio I needed. I was looking at the 1000 but the fuel consumption did not warrant it and neither did the cost. The whole purpose of the EU2000 for me is to simply power my business when the power is out. I have nothing else in my house that requires power when the power is out except my fridge, which runs off the EU20000 too. My office will consume 250-400 watts depending what's on and what I`m doing. I actually heard the generator speed up when printing today, interesting!
Not sure if I mentioned in my other generator posts but I do have a plan to add the Honda EU6500 for my entire house sometime in the future when it's 'affordable'. Then I can safely run the well, and the wife can get ready for work w/out swapping plugs or running out of water. This will be in the future since my other generator will soon be in the pump house, and we can get water that way it will just require a trip out there to start the generator and swap plugs on the well pump.
Like you said, consumption, and size this lil-guy will run every single thing in my house except my 220 appliances which are my well and my dryer.
I`ll have to post my generator-house build up when I get started
-Todd
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