Caravaners, which generator?

[spinna]

:thumb2Thats what i would love to buy as ive heard good reports of them, ill just have to wait till funds allow. Ill will be very interested to hear how you get on with it.

 

[zippy656]

here is were I work

http://www.tilshead-caravans.com/

we have rows and rows of gennies for hire, Ill look monday see what make we have

 

[solarman216]

Inverter gennies are good for computers, TVs and such stuff as the inverter sorts the cycles out to 50 no problem, irrespective of engine revs but be careful of other types of load, drills, motors, anything that can generate a feedback, they can blow the inverter side easy, Rick

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

The company that Supplied mine have a tool hire section and they use these for hire and have very few problems with them. They also do the service and warranty work and will supply a loan genny while servicing or repairing, and £100 of Clarke list price so all in all a pretty good deal.
So far Pretty pleased with it, it does what it claims to do and isn't to loud so what more can you ask?

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

the clarke ig200 generator was a huge mistake! do not buy one! :doh

 

[rayf3262]

the clarke ig200 generator was a huge mistake! do not buy one! :doh

What was the major downfall of the IG2000 then?

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

I wasn't a member when they thread first started, but it made intersting reading.

We have had the older Kipor KGE 3000 TI generator, which I love, for about 6 years now... We just do an Oil change at the start of every year, and off it goes.

It's a bit heavy to move around much, but that does help to stop it getting nicked so easily.

It has the Smart Throttle, so when under smaller loads, drops the revs, which give the appearance that it is quieter than the stated figures of being on full load, and of course saves on petrol, meaning it can run for up to about 10 hours when just running the caravan fridge, hot water and charging the battery.

It runs the Caravan Aircon no problem, and with the air con on, we get about 5 to 6 hours out of a tank of fuel (around 4 or 5l).

I am just changing it over to also be able to run on LPG, as that will give us longer running times, but since starting to do the conversion, and having a whole load of issues with the conversion kit I was sold, I wish I had looked into the way the American just add an external fuel tank in advance, as that would have been a lot easier/cheaper. The problem with LPG, is unless you go onto the big 19 or 47Kg cylinders, it is actually more expensive than running on petrol, which I did not realise. You are just under breaking even on the 13Kg ones.

 

[rayf3262]

I wasn't a member when they thread first started, but it made intersting reading.

The problem with LPG, is unless you go onto the big 19 or 47Kg cylinders, it is actually more expensive than running on petrol, which I did not realise. You are just under breaking even on the 13Kg ones.

Sounds as though you would do better with a refillable LPG cylinder?
Auto-gas prices are a lot less..

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

auto gas is much more expensive as it has road fuel duty!


And the IG2000, what was wrong? it was just shite! :nenau

got a full refund now so all is well :thumb2