What do you use your small generator for?

[TheOtherLine]

Hey Mods, feel free to move this to the appropriate forum but since we have no "general" thread I put it here.

Anyway, Harbor Freight has a little 800w generator for a ridiculous sale price + 20% off coupon. At that price, I feel the need to buy one BUT, I have no idea what I would use it for. It doesn't appear to be big enough to run a house full of electronics after a hurricane takes out your power but it must have some alternate uses.

Interested to hear what you guys use yours for. Sale is on Sunday.

 

[miky2884]

Wow that is a great price. Im tempted to get one, I think it would be good if you spend a night on the hook on the boat to run some lights cell phone charge etc.......

 

[Bryan 2530]

Wow, I wonder how loud it is???

 

[WAJSKI]

you could use it for anything tha dose not require more than 6.6 amps

 

[miky2884]

I called a harbor freight near by and they say they wont honor this coupon unless it has a bar code on it???? Where did you find this?

 

[TheOtherLine]

I called a harbor freight near by and they say they wont honor this coupon unless it has a bar code on it???? Where did you find this?

I have the barcode. pm me a regular email address and I will send it to you.

 

[miky2884]

sounds good i will PM you right now

 

[Megabyte]

I don't have that one, but I do have a Honda EU 2000i
It is a backup to my whole house generator (sump pump and fridge), or to run a crock pot for tailgating.
Could be used to run a coffee pot or microwave or battery charger on the boat, but I've never gotten to that point yet.

 

[jeffnick]

Coffee maker, microwave, small electric space heater, but the most comforting is having it aboard to run a battery charger if you need it.

 

[mildew2]

I have a Honda 1000. Very quiet. But it won't run much more than a large fan. That Harbor freight might be a 2 stroke(loud). It won't push much..Remember you get what you pay for!!

 

[jeffnick]

The 1000i will run any of these (one at a time) as well as a 6,000BTU window air conditioner.

 

[windknotnc]

The Honda EU200i is very quiet, about 60-65 db. It is also around $900 but you can stand beside it and carry on a normal voice conversation and not really notice it. I am guessing the HF is pretty loud.

 

[miky2884]

Well I went ahead and got this Gen from harbor freight this weekend. To my surprise it is really quiet, i thought being a 2 stroke that it would be really loud i was pleasantly surprised. I ran my fridge, 3 lights, and the battery tender on the boat off of it at the same time for 30 minutes with no problem. For 89$ i am pleased with it right now, granted it is made in China crap, but for what I am going to be using it for if it shits out eventually i will toss it and get another one.

 

[Mylo]

Out here in California I use it to power Squid lights. Honda 2000 runs 4 hrs on a tank and is very quiet. Can run just about anything you would want to take on a boat. I've also been very popular after an earthquake with the only hot coffee on the block.