Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/21/2007 7:59 AM, Geoff Schultz wrote:
"dene" wrote in
ups.com:
Thanks again for all the advice!

Here's an update so far....

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2. I ran the genny on medium load for 20 mins. while it powered a
ceramic heater for the cockpit.
We were in a now wake zone which enabled me to hear it. There was no
problem. The lid was partially opened. The temperature inside the
cooler was 151 degrees. Near the exhaust, the side of the cooler was
hot. I could put my hand on it for just two seconds. However, no
sign of melting. Is this too hot of an enviroment?
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Do you really think that this unit was designed to run in 151
degrees? If that's the air temp, how hot do you think that the engine
components are getting? I would also worry about the oil breaking
down. I think that you're just lucky that the motor hasn't seized as
of yet.

-- Geoff


Really. I like the little Honda generators and if you're careful they
can be used in the cockpit of a boat without too much trouble. They're
certainly not noisy enough to be a pain in the ass. I sometimes take one
out on my Parker. I keep it in the cockpit near the back of the cabin,
where it is protected from splash by the cabin and by the higher
gunwales in that area. A couple of bungee cords keep it from sliding
around. If we were going to anchor for the evening and there was a
chance of taking a nap in the cabin, I'd move the generator to the stern
cockpit area, just to be triply sure no CO would find its way into the
cabin.

These are *portable* gasoline generators. They're not built-ins.
I would be very leary of using a gas generator in this manner. You may
not wake up.