Thoughts on using Honda generator

fc3 said:
Doesn't look good for the Regal owners if they think the only problem with that is ventilation.
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Makes you shutter a little seeing the 3 Gal tank attached with a little hose doesn't it? ....let alone everything else that's wrong , fans, enclosure, wiring.....
 
I like how he took the time to paint it to match but failed to take into account that it's a ticking time bomb, in more ways than I care to think about!!!
 
Some of the replies are pretty funny.
 
Ya know...
Without the separate fuel tank and the suspect fuel transfer line, I don't see why a properly designed- and VENTED- enclosure, mounted on the swim platform- in a CALM lake or the like, wouldn't be safe or even practical.

I'm no fan of portable gens on boats, but I see no explosion hazard in a properly and adequately vented enclosure, and see no more risk of CO danger than if it were the exhaust of an onboard genny in what would be approximately the same location at the waterline, outside the hull. OK, have at me...
 
That's not a bad idea, but I think I will keep running mine under the V berth. It fits in there nicely and in the cold it also warms the cabin.
 
The 70's? I own a Home Inspection company and still see many of the "Indoor Cloths dryer vents" today.
Yep, Right next to the Black mold growing on the walls ( Due to the high Moisture.)
I actual have pics on my website www.homespecny.com
John G
 
we were in a raft up this weekend with 12 boats. there were 5 of these honda generators going in the morning. We had to close up the boat and go clamming due to the fumes. Another thing to add is that all of them were corroded. These were not built for the salt water environment. So at $2k a pop for a life of a few years, not much savings compared to risk.
 
TurtleTone said:
we were in a raft up this weekend with 12 boats. there were 5 of these honda generators going in the morning. We had to close up the boat and go clamming due to the fumes..
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I don't want to bring up this old thread but.......

Really??? would it have been better with built in genny's or people idling the main engine? Good thing you got out of there when you did, they prob. all died!
 
I don't have a boat that needs a genny (yet), but where do the onboard gen's exhaust gasses exit? Just curious.
 
Why they don't inspect these things is really the surprising thing. The people referenced in the boat/us article had a 12 year old genset. Apparently they never inspected the system because they surely would have found the bad component. Just Ducky is ten years old but I've had the exhaust elbow off the generator's engine twice already for inspection. I can see suing the manufacturer of a genset that was only a year or so old. But 12 years old?

Pure CO is odorless, but engine exhaust is far from pure CO. It's a mixture of stinky fumes that any halfwit could identity as exhaust gas. I'm tired of the excuse that CO is an odorless and colorless gas that can kill. CO is never present alone in engine exhaust. The unburned HC and other gases are easily detected. Grossly ignorant people just rather not heed the warning their own noses detect. "Oh it always smells like that. Don't worry about it."

Kohler screwed the pooch and they paid a few bucks for it. But the boat owner really screwed it and paid a bigger price. His knowledge was less than Kohlers, but his incompetence was far greater.
 
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Hydrogen fuel cell generator would be a safer set-up and guess where you fuel up?
 
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