12v generator for laptop?

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Probably loads of posts for this, but I'm a bit hacked off with my duff Wolf950 genny - loud and smelly. Bloke behind me in the trot had very nice little Honda thing, so;

What small quiet portable petrol genny does the panel recommend? Has to be small, quiet, capable of producing a smooth current to run a laptop and maybe LCD TV, etc.

TIA.
 
don't bother with a genny!

We run laptop from 12V DC transformer, and LCD TV from a small invertor (TV is only 35W)..... neither of which hit the batteries that hard really....

Certainly OK for a couple of nights away form 240V with just 240AH of battery capacity on top of normal fridge, lights, anchor lights etc.....
 
We are chuffed with our Honda Eu10i. It is very quite (for a genny) and gives us enough power for a 1kw fan heater! Powers up the laptop easily. Even gives us toast in the morning for breakfast. Only downside was the price but Lings Honda gave us the best price of anywhere.
 
Look at the Kipor range of invertor generators - around ½ the price (or even less) of the hondas and whisper quiet.
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I second the Kippor recommendation - I paid £200 for my 1000w kippor genny - marvelous, quiet, clean smell free etc. (Honda copy?)
 
Try the Sterling range - expensive from their site but BIG discounts from the likes of Midland Marine. They are digital inverter so fine for laptops etc. They seem compact and well designed. £250 is the starting price I think.
 
Our Wolf700 was noisy untill we resited it. It was resonating on the grp. When placed more out in open and away from cockpit, with rubber car mat under it ran much quieter.
Friends of ours have the suitcase Kipor and Cliff is right - as good as and cheaper than the Hoinda.
TBH though any generator is not quiet enough to run when in company IMHO. We have sat next to boats that run Hondas and other, we were annoyed after a short while with the constant drone in the background.
 
Price & delivery were very good.

Topped up the oil & fuel and decided to test it in the garage under the house, maybe not one of my best ideas... It came with a plastic oil filler with flexy hose, and extension pipe to enable oil changes without filling it with used oil, a charging lead (very short though), plug spanner and combination pox & flat screwdriver.

It has two setting, Economy for load sensing and non-Eco for non sensing and battery charging. On economy it idles very quietly and after plugging various tools into it both within and just over the 2kw limit was very surprised just how quiet it was.

Ran it for 1/2 hour or so playing and turned it off when I was getting a bit light headed due to exhaust fumes in garage. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Downsides: its bloody huge - 560 x 300 x 500 equates to 2feet long by 1ft wide by 22inches tall and 28KG unfilled. Filled with oil & fuel it is quite a thing to lug around but I wanted the 2kw rather than the smaller 1kw model.

Will be taking it to the boat on the next fine weekend to do some work - so that may be Easter the way things are going.

Top Tip - don't run in in the house unless you want lots of mumbling from SWMBO for the rest of the weekend.
 
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Top Tip - don't run in in the house unless you want lots of mumbling from SWMBO for the rest of the weekend.

[/ QUOTE ] Would that be down to the carbon monoxide poisoning due to running it in a confined space /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
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