Had a quick look at the other thread, any other recommendations?
That kipor generator 6kva looks the business.
Any one have connections to get a bit of a discount? @Maca49?
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Had a quick look at the other thread, any other recommendations?
That kipor generator 6kva looks the business.
Any one have connections to get a bit of a discount? @Maca49?
You get what you pay for.... Need to bear in mind some devices draw a lot of current on start up
kipor are always in the repair shop where we get our work done
Yeah that's why that kipor 6000w looks all right. Keep the deep freeze going and allow the pumps to run.
Old man lives in Dairyflat but has 3rd world power, always going off and was out again for 26 hours today.
Hmmmm Thats not encouraging. Honda then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Markgibsonr25
Yep go the Honda you might pay through the nose for them but they won't let you down
Hondas #1 in my book, but Kipor are very good to deal with for a Chinese machine, they go out of their way if there's a prob. You do tend to get what you pay for.
We have Briggs and a Honda one no issues,where our saws and stuff get done there would've one a week in there for either motor related or elec issues . Service guy said don't buy one
OK thanks will scrub that from the list
ive got a 5kva condor with a honda motor, had it 8 years still good and when the power goes off here i have a double male plug and it powers the house,
hondas always went well when i was working for doc, last thing you want is no spray gun for doing a huge hut in the middle of nowhere! few guys on the island are running hondas and rate them
I'll see what's avail On Monday and let you know, I see shitloads worse than KiporQuote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
Would really appreciate it thanks mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Kipor inverters have issues with electrics evidently, local repairer always has a few. Best are honda or robin in their opinion.
Not trying to be a rule Nazi etc., but be bloody careful using a double male cord. Make sure mains are off etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin358
Not only for the rules, but for the ladies up the poles, and in subs, trying to get the power back on.
In plain English, you could electrocute and kill them.
Oh and Honda gets my vote.
Cheers guy's.
If he goes brand new it will be an inverter however the power has always been terrible and has killed 3 motherboards so all the pc and hi-fi gear is run through a ups anyway for clean power so inverter isn't essential.
Ladies, linies..... same thing :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
Predictive and didn't check, but most linies I know are a bit lady'ish ..... :)
Haha was thinking you must have a heap of mates in the job to call them all ladies
Yeah actually have a few :)
Most have some female features......
Normally breasts :)
I used to do a bit, normally early morning LV ties to allow cable jointing, or early morning high load escorts (what a routs that is...), before heading to office for the day. Oh and out when doing re conductor runs, or new build conductor runs.
Bloody great memories and meet some fantastic blokes. ( and few princess's....)
Dunlite and Youngman Richardson are both up there, A 6kva Inverter won't be cheap!
Guy there is a rugby game on. Can you till it's over
Going by the score is is over, just a technicality waiting for the clock to finish
I see on Tardme there is a 6KVa Honda-powered gen for $2100. I'll be in the market soon as our new house will have a gen input point.
Anyone familiar with the model I mentioned?
@Nibblet here's what you want, in here for a service Attachment 54794
pm me and I can get $$$$s
Must be a few parallel imports models not on Hondas NZ list
That reminds me that I need to get off my chuff and pull mine apart. Sand all through the windings doesn't seem to have done them much good.
Yep...Seen that one a couple times....Builders made their own double male plug lead and plugged it into the neighbours heatpoint then into a heatpoint on the building site so they could use their power tools, just about killed someone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
A mate was building a house in Cambodia also and wanted a back up gen, builder was the sparky also and wired a gen socket back to a breaker, no mains changeover so when mains come back on - boom.
I had a 2kva Honda inverter generator when I had a house bus in Aussie. It was brilliant for the purpose. That would probably run a pump and freezer depending.. But yeah you'd probably want bigger for a house. Go Honda. Have you added up all the wattage of the appliances/ pumps it would run? If moneys an issue and u only need it for a certain purpose might help save some pennies.
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We had a power outage of about 6 hours one night.
Have a 5KVA 240VAC modified sine wave generator (2 uncontrolled, 1 controlled 3pin outlets), which also has 12V 8A DC outlet.
Built a box (out of a very large dog kennel), plugs inside box to an end (using outdoor 240VAC three pin sockets on the outside).
Don't run sensitive gear from it - only fry pans, toasters, lights, hot water kettle.
Give a run about every 6-8 weeks, to keep battery charged, but it does have a pull cord in case the battery 'does an Aussie' and spits the dummy.
Usually boil some water and make toast, at the same time, to give it a dummy load - and a work out.
Don't feed back through the house wiring - extension cords only.
Could feed some units in the house via mains board, but isolation from the mains feed needs too much paperwork and too many 'consultant engineers' to make it financially viable - even though I worked as an electrical tradie for Air NZ, back in the day, and had a very simple relay operated system already designed. :omg:
Bought on special from Repco - less than $1K - uses a B&S designed engine - one tank, full load = 10 hours non-stop running :yaeh am not durnk:
To me there's 2 questions/points here, one is the other is how to use it and second is the suitable generator.
A change over switch - not phase failure, only a manual, is the easiest system to put in. ie it disconnects your house (load) from the normal mains supply and introduces a different supply means (generator) is cheap & easy to put in and safe for the guys up the poles/cables. This is a must.
The second is a bit like a ford/Toyota/holder debate - everyone has a favourite. and no there's right answer.
Caveat is cheap to buy is maybe not cheap in the long run.
Yeah it would have a manual isolator switch installed as the thing would be stored until needed.
I have had a couple of options presented to me so just working through them.
Grid power and gen power are two different things, you need to use a double pole switch to isolate a gen output,otherwise you will still have a live output from one side of the socket, the one not switched. Earth pins are important as well depending on application, RCDs will not necessarily protect you when used on Gen power
Yeah bro in law is a sparky so it would all be done legit.
Just checking have seen some Sparkys that dont know!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
Your not wrong there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Can you please PM me a price for that unit.
Yeah a lot of them haven't a clue, or choose shortcuts. I cringe when I read some of the incident reports from the Ministry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Some good info there guys- now have some questions to ask the head sparky during the build.
There's a few tradie's on here, that I think are open with random advice. I reckon ask away....Quote:
Originally Posted by 6x47
(Oh and I once was, but not update. So I'll just talk crap)
Ive had a GTPower for about a year now think its a 3800w model.
Got it from one of the trade stores for around 700 bucks. Had it running a water pump constantly for two weeks before duck shooting and it never missed a beat.
Starts 1st time everytime, electric start etc reckon theyre bloody good😎😎
