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Old 09-12-2011, 18:19   #83
Uncle Peter
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Re: Batten down the hatches (it's Hurricane Bawbag)!

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I'm not looking for something to run the whole house off ... I'll need to look up the rating plates when I get home, but the demand from the stove is not high, well south of 500W IIRC. With the rest of it thrown in I would hope to get away with generating less than 2kW. We can do without lights, showers and the cooker.
What kind of stove is it?


...sorry I've just re-read your post (been a long week!) I had envisaged some kind of electric stove requiring a 30A outlet supping lots of juice and a separate electric heater but I guess you have an all-in-one unit. I have a couple of generators here: Honda EU20i which is the 2KVa model in their portable suitcase range and a 1KVa Clarke which is basically a re-badged Kipor generator made in China and a blatant attempt at cloning the EU10. For half the price of the equivalent Honda models I really can't say anything bad about the Clarke, ok it's a bit louder and sounds a tad unrefined when it's running close to idle in economy mode but the power delivery is consistent and I've never had any problems powering a laptop, radio equipment and TV so I would imagine that the 2KVa version under whatever guise it's badged is equally acceptable for less than 400 quid.
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