Re: moderately OT: Requesting advice on small generators


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"axolotl" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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One of the things I have considered- and please talk me out of it- was
buying an antique "light plant" and nursing it back to health on the
theory that it ran for decades and will probably run for a couple more.

I have a 2kw Kohler Light Plant that gets used once or twice a year-
reliable and will pull starting loads that modern gennys won't. Only weighs
about 300 pounds.

It don't have to be all that antique. Hundreds of perfectly good
Onans get retired out of junked RV's every year. Are you good at
tinkering? You can find them at RV junkyards, at places like Craig's list
and (naturally) on e-bay. They are where you find them. One friend of
mine found his on a front end loader just before it was going to be
dropped into a dumpster! They cost from $0 to about $500 depending on
condition, your luck and your shopping ability.

Be careful with Onan- they offshored engine production few years back
(Mexico, IIRC) and the quality went right in the sh*tter.
That's why there are lots of them in boneyards- they're broken or about to
break.

-Carl


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