Geoffrey, your pointer to Next Generation Power doesn't work off the
forum. I found another website I think belongs to them, truckgen.com,
but it is also a dead link from Google.

Have they gone pitchpole on us, too?



On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:03:07 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote:

I've created a Fischer Panda Owner's Forum to act as a repository for
information related to these generators. If you own (or owned) one of
these generators, please post your history/experience in the forum.

I personally have had non-stop problems with my 4200 (mini) generator and
know of many other owners who have had similar problems. This forum is an
attempt to see if these problems are unique or systemic. The forum is
located at

www.FischerPandaSucks.com

and despite the URL, the intent is to collect information on both the good
and the bad.

-- Geoff Schultz


Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

That link had been working as of last week. I suspect that it's a
problem with their web hosting site. Just try later this work week.

-- Geoff


(Larry W4CSC) wrote in
:

Geoffrey, your pointer to Next Generation Power doesn't work off the
forum. I found another website I think belongs to them, truckgen.com,
but it is also a dead link from Google.

Have they gone pitchpole on us, too?



On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:03:07 GMT, "Geoffrey W. Schultz"
wrote:

I've created a Fischer Panda Owner's Forum to act as a repository for
information related to these generators. If you own (or owned) one of
these generators, please post your history/experience in the forum.

I personally have had non-stop problems with my 4200 (mini) generator
and know of many other owners who have had similar problems. This
forum is an attempt to see if these problems are unique or systemic.
The forum is located at

www.FischerPandaSucks.com

and despite the URL, the intent is to collect information on both the
good and the bad.

-- Geoff Schultz


Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

I have never seen a F-P genset, but I have heard a lot of complaints from
cruising owners. That aside, as a long-time marine engineer, I would never be a
fan of high-speed (3600RPM) gensets. Engine "wear" is directly related to
piston speed (read:RPM) and so if I were to consider a genset, I'd much prefer
an 1800 RPM unit. The only thing better than that is no genset at all; I've
cruised the Eastern Caribbean for many years with an Aerogen 6 wind machine and
four 75-watt Astro-Power PV panels.

John
"Truelove"
Westsail 43
Trinidad, W.I.

I have a friend that owns a marine busness that used to carry FP gensets.
He had many problems but they were all related to a failed capacitor or
diode (can't remember which) that cost $200 per failure to fix. Never any
problem with mechanical problems. Our generator is a 3600 RPM model
and we are very happy with it. The higher RPM gensets make it easier to
insulate the sound and are more fuel efficient.

If you are in Trinidad, why don't you own a KISS? Much better than
an Aerogen.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Truelove39" wrote in message
...
I have never seen a F-P genset, but I have heard a lot of complaints from
cruising owners. That aside, as a long-time marine engineer, I would never
be a
fan of high-speed (3600RPM) gensets. Engine "wear" is directly related to
piston speed (read:RPM) and so if I were to consider a genset, I'd much
prefer
an 1800 RPM unit. The only thing better than that is no genset at all;
I've
cruised the Eastern Caribbean for many years with an Aerogen 6 wind
machine and
four 75-watt Astro-Power PV panels.

John
"Truelove"
Westsail 43
Trinidad, W.I.

1. They are not well-balanced, and they vibrate
2. They are noisy, unlike the Aerogen which is virtually silent.
3. They have a thermal shut down device which functions juat as you are getting
good output.
4. I have had my Aerogen 6 since 1997 and it has performed flawlessly.

John

Doug wrote:
If you are in Trinidad, why don't you own a KISS? Much better than
an Aerogen.

"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message 04.17...
I've created a Fischer Panda Owner's Forum to act as a repository for
information related to these generators. If you own (or owned) one of
these generators, please post your history/experience in the forum.

I personally have had non-stop problems with my 4200 (mini) generator and
know of many other owners who have had similar problems. This forum is an
attempt to see if these problems are unique or systemic. The forum is
located at

www.FischerPandaSucks.com

and despite the URL, the intent is to collect information on both the good
and the bad.

-- Geoff Schultz

Never had one, my buds boat did from the factory. I think in the 1st
year it ran a couple hours, went in the shop 3 times. He sold the
boat, a month later the generator broke again the buyer said. Not
ready for prime time, definently not a honda thats fer sure