[BC] Chicago Generators
Sam Roffe
sam.roffe at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 09:24:53 CDT 2010
Honda makes a 6KW EU series. That would be the ticket.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
> 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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Sam Roffe
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