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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I set my Yamaha 3.7kva with a 22 hour tank time on fire by accident "servicing it". A great generator but its a writeoff. I got a smaller Yamaha 3kva and 20 hour tank time but no electric start.
With the cost of petrol up and solar down a solar system to run your observatory would make long term economic sense at some point. A petrol generator costs around $30 a night to run plus oil changes etc.
Greg.
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Scary story! Fuel-wise, the Honda has an "Eco" mode, where it sits at idle most of the time and only uses about 10 litres a night. Its biggest disadvantage for us is its lovely red super-compact cabinet, which makes it hard to get at the gizzards, and its elaborate silencing system which makes it a heroic job to fit an exhaust duct to suit a lift-off enclosure.
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Originally Posted by PKay
Inspirational image MnT 
For me a real benchmark, something to aspire too...
And maybe keep a fire extinguisher handy! |
Thanks, P, glad you like it. We have 20,000 litres of water set aside for fire fighting, and a mobile pump with a 400 litre tank, but neither's much good for petrol of course, so we try to keep the area around the unattended midnight beast flame-proof. It really is something to think about. As Greg says, in the future, solar will be the way to go.