Honda EX1000 Generator questions.

[JOE.G]

Hi, I was at a buddies house and he had a Honda EX1000 Generator dropped off to him to fix, He tried and could not get it to produce power.The guy gave it to him and I gave him $25 for it. I took it home cleaned it up , It ran smooth but would over flow fuel a bit, Cleaned carb and the bowl was gummy. Started it up and no more leaks and I ran a few different items on it and all seems well.

My questions are with no load applied I am getting about 123 Volts and with a load it may jump a little to 125 Volts. RPM is a pretty steady 3600 RPM. There is a HZ meter on it and it has these plastice things that vibrate at different ranges, with no load none move once I put a load the 60 HZ one does. I am assuming I want 60 HZ under load and is the voltage okay or should I reduce RPM to bring it down a little?

The Generator looks New and I figured I can use it around the property to power tools and if we go camping for basic things. It also has a DC outlet for charging Car Batteries.

 

[Bretny]

Get a real hz meter on it. Its more than likely fine though. These things are no where near as smooth as grid volts/hz...thats why they make inverter units.

I have a little 800w inverter generator. Its a handly unit, im sure you will find your very hepfull. Its like having a cordless extension cord.

 

[Bretny]

Get a real hz meter on it. Its more than likely fine though. These things are no where near as smooth as grid volts/hz...thats why they make inverter units.

I have a little 800w inverter generator. Its a handly unit, im sure you will find your very hepfull. Its like having a cordless extension cord.

 

[JOE.G]

That is what this is for, I can take it out to different locations on the property where I don't have Elec, take it camping to run basics, I understand Delicate electronics should not.

 

[Showkey]

125 volts should be fine. The Honda inverter genny can handle delicate electronic just fine, in fact it’s one of the selling points.

 

[JOE.G]

This isn't and invert Gen. Going to change oil and the plug today and id say for $25 i did well, fires up first pull and runs smooth.

The DC out put is for battery charging i believe, just not sure of the rate and how long do I keep it hooked up.

 

[Bretny]

I believe most of those that have a 12vdc charge side are un regulated and dont shut off when the batterys is full. So use the 12vac side and a bat charger when you can.