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hallamore
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# Posted: 29 Jun 2008 22:06
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Hello Everyone! I would like some advice. I am building a small cabin in the woods of southern iowa. It will be off the grid as well. I have purchased a honda 3000is super quiet honda generator with a transfer switch to power the cabin. I am building a shed for the generator about 30 ft away from the cabin to make sure we avoid carbon monoxide. My question is, can anybody tell me are there issues with using a generator in this capacity? I know it will cost me $$$ for gas but this will be the only bill we will have to power the place. Any advise would be greatly appreciated
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joel
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# Posted: 1 Jul 2008 20:15
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Change the oil and air and fuel filter or strainer on a regular basis and allways use fresh fuel, keep the air passages in the engine shroud and generator head clean of debris for cooling purposes and you should get many many trouble free hours of service, especialy with a Honda product there first rate.
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Vince P
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# Posted: 5 Jul 2008 10:32
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You could also build a box from sound board, also known as Homasote. and enclose the generator for even more sound proofing.
http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/generator.htm
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Knipper
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# Posted: 2 Aug 2008 15:03
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We have the same generator. So far we are incredibly happy with it. We have it on our covered deck outside. Eventually we will have a post railing to avoid it from rolling (we also purchased the wheel kit because of it's weight when full). After our first week and two tanks of gas, we did our first oil change. It runs for about 20 hours on a tank of gas, aka 2.5 gallons.
It's very quiet, we have it running right now and we just woke up from a nap. It's an exterior wall away from our bed.
The manual is very helpful and Honda products are very good.
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hallamore
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# Posted: 24 Aug 2008 21:32
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Been using my Honda 3000 generator to power my cabin - using a 30 AMP transfer switch and just wired the entire cabin to the transfer switch (no need for breaker box this way). Works sweet! My model actually shows how many amps are being used. If you plan on doing this type of set up I am more than willing to offer advise.
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