The Best Generator for Van Life - Honda EU10i 

You don't sound very intelligent.

I would be using vehicle charging system to charge solar batteries at times more amps and you could use charge controller but I would cut solar power off. I'm off grid myself and expanding have some solar. And I use my charging system to charge solar batteries it's much faster more amps. Then once parked I flip manual switch to cut off power from charging system to solar batteries. And a flip manual switch back on to charge solar batteries from the solar panels.

How do you service it? Do you take it somewhere? Do you need technical knowledge?

@@meredithbrouster5184 change engine oil, air filter and spark plugs

Maybe they run an AC. In that case it would make sense.

We’ve been having a lot of questions about it so thought it would be good to make a video all about it 😊

@@theindieprojects what about a/c, I'll try for my semi truck, what u thinking?

Get a easy start with that small generator, for your air conditioner. It’s about $300

Maybe the 2000 with the easy start

Lol imagine having ethanol in all your fuels. Also ethanol is not a problem if it is new fuel. Ethanol shield is if you are leaving the fuel for a while, which does become a problem for carburetted engines.

thanks for the advice, appreciate it!

Good advice I agree when running gasoline change oil often it's only less than a quart of oil. Change oil when it gets light brown or smells of gasoline, inspect change spark gap spark plug depending on hours or each year change I do, inspect clean or replace air filter. And when running something with heat or motor watch to make sure red over load light doesn't come on. If it does reduce power or cut off immediately. Honda Tech told me they have seen a few problems with over loading but mostly sitting with fuel for a while and not starting or running rough. I put put anti seize or wheel bearing greese on spark plug threads. My America 1000 Honda only has 2 selections echo economy idle or wide open idle. I converted my Honda 1000 and Honda 2200 both inverter generators to tri-fuel and only run propane. No treating propane fuel ever.

@@tomtee4442 What kit did you use for propane? Would you still use the same kit today?

I think if u r going to get an inverter genny u might as well get 1 large enough to power an ac or 1500watt space heater. At least 1800 watt . It uses a little more gasoline/ petrol but worth having to power microwave mini stove toasters ac and heaters

It’s been a great investment!

Sorry to say but you are right..

Bill Weir by numpties you mean everyone over the age of 10 years, Im not asking I’m stating btw.. I await your smart comeback ( hope you don’t tho ) I also admire the fact you took the time to put the warning out on comments. Good day to you sir.

It’s been a game changer for us!

Darren Hunt Could you run a small tv off the smaller generator ?

Dragon 67 hi yes no trouble at all. I even run a very small fan heater too. These are ace generators. Best wishes Happy weekend to all.

I would like to know how long you have to run it, what would it cos per month to run it to run to computers 10 hours a day lets say 30 days a month and if its a good option or a better option than solar . Its better to combine it with a lot of batteries or just run it directly ? Im guessing charging batteries is inefficient .

@@BBEros roughly 1ltr hr so 360 a month up or down with gas price ,you can get models run on petrol and lpg which is only 65p ltr take days to charge batts at 5amp hr ,ok lithium good if you have 1000 pounds for 1batt ,wait till have yacht only outboard for power,solar not much help i n scotland unless invent panels work with rainpower hooray for paraffin tilley lamps 1kw heat and light,with nice hiss, but more expensive than petrol.

Haha! We don't use ours around anyone 👍🏻

Whats two strokes

@Ron Krzaczyk thank you i didnt think anyone would reply to me

The Travel Troll your right the 1k is to small they would be better getting a small inverter to charge phones and laptop. and save there money to get the 2k one they wold do alot better with a 2k genny once there get started on the land that they have.

The EU20i is not capable of delivering a constant 2000watt but is actually a 1600watt generator with a 2000watt peak. Don’t get fooled by the numbers on the sticker.

@@Mr.Riffian What is the heaviest machine that you can plug into the Honda EU10i, how much WATT, greetings from Belgium.

The output of the genny dictates what you can run off it. Fan heaters can use up to 3000 watts Kettle 2000 watt. Buy a bigger genny or get eco kettle etc.

It's ok you can do another video as you are the expert :)

+nowtsmart II You do realize RU-vid has the dislike or "thumbs down" icon there for decoration right? It doesn't show how many dislikes there are. It's just there for placement holding.

@@theindieprojects Dude he's just giving you some constructive feedback, chill

@Ano Nymos Weight?

Yes!

Haha thanks guys!

Jason Lurf I change the oil in mine once a year no matter how often I use it.

Why has this not been answered? I'd say this is a pretty important question.

It depends on the electric load. On mine usually 0.3 l./hour

Daniela Houšková , right, I noticed he doesn't know correct pronunciation of the word Honda.

Much cheaper... Think of the size of the cylinders in the engine, likely 2.0l engine Vs a tiny twin or single cylinder in the generator...

@@tehdreamer engine will usually roughly use 1L/hour WITHOUT load. Running a charger will increase the amount, but I can't say how much. There are people who prefer to run the cars engine than hauling a generator. This once again depends on circumstance. In a colder climate, where the heat from the engine can be utilized also, and other sources of heat don't need to be used while charging the car (and utilizing the motors heat for the cabin), using the vans engine might be a valid option. But then the alternators might get hot, and are usually only delivering a fraction of the rated power at idle. Some "professional"/commercial van versions have the option to rise idle speed for scenarios like this. But this for sure will increase fuel used/hour.

Yeah defo going solar on the land eventually 👍🏻

Certainly can't hurt.

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