kpic24 wrote:I could go on for hours, Westerbeke is driving me nuts. runs for 30mins work on it, runs for 2 hours. Think I have it fixed, then go out runs for an hour,ugggggggggggg.
Chris_in_Texas wrote:My assumption on the impeller is that its a different rubber compound than a traditional impeller in the engines and not near as many vanes, therefore bending much more and causing higher stress. Just a guess. They will eat impellers for sure.
rlynch03 wrote:I have always believed the largest issue with Boat Generators is the lack of use.
EpicWakeJump wrote:rlynch03 wrote:I have always believed the largest issue with Boat Generators is the lack of use.
How come my Honda can sit for months (or even as much as a year!) with out use and fire right up?
cbsmith wrote:EpicWakeJump wrote:rlynch03 wrote:I have always believed the largest issue with Boat Generators is the lack of use.
How come my Honda can sit for months (or even as much as a year!) with out use and fire right up?
I think there are a couple things here. The sitting doesn't help any genny, but out it in an area with moisture and it is even worse. The other thing is even though the marine gen sets aren't cheap if you took an equivalent size Honda gen set and made it water cooled, ignition protected, designed for the rough ride of a boat, it would end up costing way more than the current marine ones.
In another post you mentioned just removing the existing gen set and putting s Honda in its place. Unfortunately it isn't as easy as that as it would not be safe to run in the bilge for a few reasons, spark ignition sources and co2 being the main ones.
cbsmith wrote:If you don't want to run AC those 2000w Honda inverter units are a great generator. Almost silent and small enough to carry around. You need to run them on an outside deck or swim platform but other than that they are good. Once you get up into the 3000w + needed to run AC units they aren't nearly as portable and harder to move around and find space on a deck to put them.
Users browsing this forum: Google Adsense [Bot] and 25 guests