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My question is this, I was under the impression I saw a generator on board the Carter Montego 2757 I'm planning to purchase, but on further investigation, it was the hot water heater what a tadpole!!

I saw in another posting about comparing kipper and honda generators for use on the hook. Is it possible to use these portable generators in place of a kohler or other "marine" generators that cost as much as I'm paying for the boat?

If so, obviously the eu2000 honda will be too small to operate all a/c equipment on board, but I will have room for the 7000 model and the price is rather tempting if I can hook shore power (or the breaker box) to it somehow when on hook. Problem is I don't know if it's possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The Commodore won't stay on anchor w/o the a/c so this could be a show stopper.

Thanks,
Jeff
 
If your wife won't stay on the hook without air do yourself a favor and purchase a boat with an approved Gen-set installation and marine grade CO detectors in the living/sleeping areas. I am going to start a lot of crap here but these small Honda/portable generators should never be used while sleeping CO monitors or no CO monitors. CO can and is a silent killer. There are to many variables to safetly use a portable gas powered generator on a boat for anything other than an emergency. Regards Bill
 
you will pis$ off EVERYONE within a mile of you - unless you use one of the ultra-quiet models. Even then, running it all night could still be a problem for those other boaters not so prone to heat-phobia.

People use them on the swim platform only - you will need a larger model, getting it on the platform could be a problem.

also, get more than one carbon monoxide detector.
 
if you use a portable, beware of carbon monoxide. do not run it in the cockpit, only on the swim platform so that CO can dissipate. you can't store it inside the engien compartment either because of gas fumes...

you also need to have a CO detector inside the cabin, ideally two for redundancy.

you can hook it up to the shore power inlet, as long as you watch what you use...

last thing, keep in mind even the quiet hondas are not so quiet when under load and make that real annoying sewing machine sound... :-)
 
Where are you talking about "room for the 7000 model". Like in the above post use it only on the swim platform. On my last boat I started out with the EU3000. Had pleanty of power, but too much weight to move around. Could not leave on the swim platform underway because it would get wet. Went down to the EU2000, It still ran a 7500 BTU AC and was really quiet. Only when I cranked up the water heater did the Honda rev up pretty loud.
 
Thanks for the input. I certainly don't want to be "that guy" who runs a noisy gen all night. Due to the CO factor, I don't think it would be advisable to run any genset when everyone was sleeping anyway, even with CO detectors.

Wife saw post and made it clear that A/C was not as important to her as I "assumed" it was. There I go, putting the artc in front of the orseh again.

Thanks for the help, this is a great site
 
are you putting this 7 KW aircooled generator inside the boat somewhere?
 
Here we go again!!! There are those who swear by the Honda 2000, and others who swear at them. There is no reason why they cannot be used on the boat, as long as you exercise some common sense. Run only on the swim platform, never in an enclosed space (that should be obvious) .. do not store in a closed compartmant, have CO detectors (more than one) in cabin and sleeping areas, be considerate of those around you, and do not run while you are sleeping. I have used mine for years with no problem.
 
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