Tool Porn.......generators!

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Down at the boat I'm not within reach of power. So I was thinking of getting a small generator. This. Seems to be about the best output for the money. 1100w watt peak with a continous of 1000w. Now I know its not massive but it will run my soft start polisher and the sander. What I really need to do is clean off the cast iron keels this year. I doubt is going to run my compresser for the scaler. So I'm left with using a cup brush on a grinder. My grinder is only 800 watts but its not a soft start and it'll need more that the generator will deliver to start the thing. So what I'm really after is a cheapo soft start grinder.....any ideas?? Or am I asking too much from the genny??
 
2 people in my yard have got Honda generators for around £100 off E-Bay. Can't go wrong with Honda, one was only £75 near new, bargain and a proper job. Always a risk buying of E-Bay but if you try it first you should be OK. I think it's generally better to get decent tools that will do the job and last not the cheapo stuff, it's a false economy much of the time and and a PITA having to fix or replace on the job. I wonder what engine the Clarkes one is!

Having said that IT REALLY IS CHEAP!! ;)
 
I tried to run a polisher on one of those cheap 800w gens. Unfortunately it didn't work. It wasn't the power problem but the electronic speed control of the polisher not liking the crude output of the genny
 
As others have said, go for sine wave genny. I have the same 2.6 Kipor that Nigel mentions above - good unit, not too heavy and starts easily. Not as quiet as the Honda(s) but the for the price its not bad.
 
Machine Mart also sell a 1kw Clarke inverter generator for 286.80 incl VAT. If you're on their mailing list and can wait, they do a "Vat-free" sale a couple of times a year (would be 239.00). Mine's been reliable but noisy - not used it for power tools.
 
I have their 2.4kva beasty on wheels. Runs all my power tools without complaint, with the occasional exception of the Henry hoover, which stalls it on switch-on about one time in six. I could well be wrong, but I *think* it's a Honda engine mated to their own generator gubbins.

Pete
 
nigelmercier said:
In Greece I had a key to open lamposts, and a mains leads with well insulated crocodile clips :)
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Unless its been disconnected for some reason since I last used it there is a power supply available. All one needs is a long enough cable. A couple of hundred metres will reach any part of the yard I think.

The nearset lamp post is about 3/4 mile away as the crow flies
 
Zagato said:
2 people in my yard have got Honda generators for around £100 off E-Bay. Can't go wrong with Honda, one was only £75 near new, bargain and a proper job. Always a risk buying of E-Bay but if you try it first you should be OK. I think it's generally better to get decent tools that will do the job and last not the cheapo stuff, it's a false economy much of the time and and a PITA having to fix or replace on the job. I wonder what engine the Clarkes one is!

Having said that IT REALLY IS CHEAP!! ;)
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Getting a Honda for £100 is a bargain that's unbelievable.
Getting even the smallest Honda for £500 would be a bargain.

But getting almost any other brand, including inverster styles for <£200 new is common.

If you find a cheap Honda, please point me to it!
 
rustybarge said:
Correct me If I'm wrong, 1100 pep (peak output) would = 550 watts Rms continuos power.......that's the problem!
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I suspect they really mean a short term maximum rather than "peak" as you have interpreted it. The concept of peak vs rms would be lost on the majority of people
 
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