[BC] Chicago Generators

Mike McCarthy towers at mre.com
Tue Nov 2 07:22:59 CDT 2010


  Take it from experience, you need 5KW for a 1KW station.

NOW, that's not to say an EU2000 might power the station to 250W or 
more.  But it will run out of gas long before you can run 100% 
modulation at 1KW.

MM

On 11/1/2010 9:06 PM, RadioRan at aol.com wrote:
>      Harbor Fright is so-named for a reason.  Not to be trusted with mission-critical tasks.
>      Honda EU-2000 is worth every penny, and is available at discount on the 'net.  Or maybe traded locally.  Make sure you exercise it, and add Sta-Bil.
>      And yes, BE AM-1A's are finicky eaters.  For some reason, couldn't deal with a Yamaha, but was OK with a run-of the-mill contractor-special 5 KW.  Test before you accept.
> Randy Wells
> Santa Rosa, CA  Various
>
>>> I powered our studio for 72 hours strait with the EU2000.
>>> That's the route I would go.
>>> Just make sure that you keep your load under 80% of the rated load of
> the generator.
>
>



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