Thoughts on using Honda generator

Well, that is where the rub comes.........

On # 1, It isn't just where you run the generator but how are you going to transport the Honda, where will it be stowed when under way, what if the bowl drain drips?

On #2, maybe, maybe not.........depends upon the circumstances and condition of all other equipment nearby.

On #4, CO is a concern for all of us who use boats ....period. It doesn't matter if your boat is gas or diesel, if you have a marine generator, Honda or no generator at all we all need to be aware of and guard against the risk of CO poisoning. Just because your generator is on your swim platform, you are not immune from CO.
 
Four Suns said:
Why would you close this thread? There's nothing here with rule violation, insulting people, etc etc. I don't think threads should be closed because they are droning on and on and on... If you don't want to read the constant droning, don't open the thread.

Drone on.
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hack4alivin said:
Been quiet lately…. Thought you might have gone to the Obama coronation:huh:
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I like! Cute very cute,, LMAO :smt043
 
keets said:
#1, #2, #4 When used the way I use the honda doesnt effect me. #3 I will need to research more. Thank you for the info. Very informative post. I'm out of this thread, Later.
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This is why this thread, however long is a good thing. People learn from it.

Now it may be "beating a dead horse" But what wrong with that.
1. The guy beating gets some stress relief.
2. The horse dosn't care, or at least not any more.
3. It shows others how to properly beat things.
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FYI this sign hangs in my shop
 
jitts3 said:
This is why this thread, however long is a good thing. People learn from it.

Now it may be "beating a dead horse" But what wrong with that.
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Ah! Something new!!

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:


  • Buy a heavier whip
  • Change riders
  • Threaten the horse with termination
  • Appoint a committee to study the horse
  • Arrange to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses
  • Appoint a project team to re-animate the dead horse
  • Create training to increase the rider's load share
  • Change the form to read: "This horse is not dead."
  • Say things like, “This is the way we always have ridden the horse.”
  • Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse
  • Harness several dead horses together for increased speed
  • Increase funding to help the horses performance
  • Do a time management study to see if lighter riders would improve productivity
  • Purchase an after-market product to make dead horses run faster
  • Declare that a dead horse has lower overhead and therefore performs better
  • Form a quality focus group to find profitable uses for dead horses
  • Rewrite the performance requirements for horses
  • Hire a consulting firm to perform a strategic study of best practices in continuous improvement in utilizing dead horses
  • Provide additional incentive funding (more sticks - more carrots) to increase the horse’s performance.
  • Do a case-study to see if competitors can ride it cheaper.
  • Reassign fault to the dead horse’s last rider.
  • Establish benchmarks for industry dead horse leaders.
  • Gather other dead animals and announce a new diversity program.
  • Put together a spiffy PowerPoint presentation to get planners to double the dead horse R & D budget.
  • Get the dead horse a web site!
  • Promote the dead horse to supervisory position
 
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birth control said:
Nice, i see you spent the time to give him a wrist watch too, nice touch!
LOL
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Inspired by this, Just not sure what happened to my wristwatch this day.
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Bridog said:
OK I'm curious. What did the sign sticking out of the horse originally say before Lego man got a hold of his stick?
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If you ban hunting there will be lots more of these.
Stick is supposed to be a baseball bat.
 
jg300da said:
More people die slipping in their own bathtub each year than are killed by CO poisoning from a portable generator used on a boat.
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Very true, and more people die in car wrecks than Space Shuttle accidents, so the Space Shuttle must be a safer way to travel. Sorry for the sarcasm, but my point is, very, very very, very few people us a port gen on a boat when compared to the general population. At times, more than 50% are exposed to the hazards of bathing - daily. (Or hopefully more!)
 
fc3 said:
Ah! Something new!!

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:


  • Buy a heavier whip
  • Change riders
  • Get the dead horse a web site!
  • Promote the dead horse to supervisory position
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Outsource the riding
Outsource the care and feeding
Make it up in frequency (lots of dead horse riding)
 
Woody said:
Here is a link to a list of boating CO incidents with descriptions. In it a graph shows a drop in events for the last two years. Wonder if that is a result of the economies affect on boating or incomplete gathering of data.
http://www.doubleangel.org/documents/NatlCaseListingBoat-RelatedCOPoisoningsMay2007April2008.pdf
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So from reading this, Death from CO does not require long term exposure, but can happen in just seconds, even while one is in the open, perhaps just sitting on the swim platform.

I for one did not know this could happen that easily and quickly. Soo all in all I would say this thread has done some good.

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I suppose that using a small generator like this would be possible and providing you use common sense and safety. I would think that if you secure it tighly on the swim platform you would keep any gases from entering the cabin areas, definatlely have a co2 detector, secure all cords so they dont accidentally fall into the water and only use this when moored.
I would have reservations tryign to use a gen of this type when traveling, no matter how slow the cruising may be. But would you want to risk it just to stay cool at night in some isolated cove with no breeze or stay at a nice marina and hook into shore power? There are those chilly mornings out of the water when you want that hot cup of cocoa or soup for lunch and you forgot the alcohol for the stove.
For those without gensets, there is a moderately priced Butane stove for $69+ by Kenyon and for those warm nights, give your kids a piece of cardboard and let them "fan" you during the night. Least they can do for sending them off to college years later.
The best use for these genz is to hook up all those festive lights when your boat is leading the Christmas Boat parade down the river on a cold December night. Be sure to bring a thermos of hot drink to keep warm.
 
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Glancing through the report, I was struck by a number of things. . .

1) The number of instances where "propulsion exhaust" shows up as an issue.

2) 25% of the 800 incidents are Lake Powell.

3) The 13 year old girl with 64% CO level in blood (SIC)(what does that mean??? Don't answer. .rhetorical) and 0.17 Blood alcohol content.

I am not very ambitious at this moment, or I would dive in to understand the ratio of "portable generator" vs. "properly designed and installed" generator incidents.
 
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