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In keeping with my plan of trying out non-name brand items for camping I bit the bullet and bought one of the Baumr-Ag 2Kva 2 stroke generators.
After unpacking it and making sure everything was in there (it was) I went about reading the "manual". It has the usual specs etc and list of possible resolutions to problems, but for the most part it isn't amazingly helpful and could actually cause some confusion.
The manual says fuel/oil mix ration of 30:1, while on the generator itself mentions (more than once) 50:1 fuel/oil mix. The Baumr-Ag website mentions 50:1 as well so that is the mix i went with.
I have 2 primary uses for purchasing a generator:
1 - Charing my deep cycle battery when there is limited sun and my solar panels aren't up the task / night time to charge the battery (obviously no sun).
2 - To setup lights away from camp. Primarily for beach fishing
Given that my solar panels have been doing the job pretty well so far for several days in a row I should be alright there for the most part, so my guess is it will be for fishing and running extra lights.
Now if you have looked through forums as much as I do when researching products like generators, chainsaws etc, you probably would have found that Baumr has a terrible reputation. Most of the reasons for this reputation is due to product failure and lack of customer support for warranty claims.
Knowing all of these issues I have bought a Baumr brand chainsaw (has about 2hrs on it) and now this generator. As far as community (forum) information on the generator goes....there is none so i'm just kind of winging it.
Pretty much my only reason for purchasing Baumr is because its cheap and Im not going to put the chainsaw or the generator under extreme loads. Having said that when the generator runs it will be for quite a few hours so it will be interesting to see how it performs. I will more than likely get an hour meter for it so i can see just how long I have gotten out of it before it craps out. I have literally just gotten this (It cost me $220 off ebay delivered) so i don't have a solid idea on how good it is and nor am I endorsing it or telling people to run out and buy it.
I recorded a bit of a video on how it sounds and i was actually surprised how quiet it is. 10 - 20m extension cord away from camp should be decent enough i reckon. In the video it was already warmed up, but I hit the primer bulb 10 times and it almost started 1st pull. 2nd pull and it was away.
http://youtu.be/kqJBZvl9gkU
In the video i don't have anything plugged in when i start it so you will hear it hunt for bit until it settles, but as you'll hear it never full settles. Once it is started i plug in my CTEK MXS5.0 charger and hook it up to my 100ah deep cycle. the revs do increase, but not a great deal. Essentially that is how it will be used most of the time so its good to know that the sound is manageable.
I will keep you guys in the loop on how it runs.
Cheers,
Christian
After unpacking it and making sure everything was in there (it was) I went about reading the "manual". It has the usual specs etc and list of possible resolutions to problems, but for the most part it isn't amazingly helpful and could actually cause some confusion.
The manual says fuel/oil mix ration of 30:1, while on the generator itself mentions (more than once) 50:1 fuel/oil mix. The Baumr-Ag website mentions 50:1 as well so that is the mix i went with.
I have 2 primary uses for purchasing a generator:
1 - Charing my deep cycle battery when there is limited sun and my solar panels aren't up the task / night time to charge the battery (obviously no sun).
2 - To setup lights away from camp. Primarily for beach fishing
Given that my solar panels have been doing the job pretty well so far for several days in a row I should be alright there for the most part, so my guess is it will be for fishing and running extra lights.
Now if you have looked through forums as much as I do when researching products like generators, chainsaws etc, you probably would have found that Baumr has a terrible reputation. Most of the reasons for this reputation is due to product failure and lack of customer support for warranty claims.
Knowing all of these issues I have bought a Baumr brand chainsaw (has about 2hrs on it) and now this generator. As far as community (forum) information on the generator goes....there is none so i'm just kind of winging it.
Pretty much my only reason for purchasing Baumr is because its cheap and Im not going to put the chainsaw or the generator under extreme loads. Having said that when the generator runs it will be for quite a few hours so it will be interesting to see how it performs. I will more than likely get an hour meter for it so i can see just how long I have gotten out of it before it craps out. I have literally just gotten this (It cost me $220 off ebay delivered) so i don't have a solid idea on how good it is and nor am I endorsing it or telling people to run out and buy it.
I recorded a bit of a video on how it sounds and i was actually surprised how quiet it is. 10 - 20m extension cord away from camp should be decent enough i reckon. In the video it was already warmed up, but I hit the primer bulb 10 times and it almost started 1st pull. 2nd pull and it was away.
http://youtu.be/kqJBZvl9gkU
In the video i don't have anything plugged in when i start it so you will hear it hunt for bit until it settles, but as you'll hear it never full settles. Once it is started i plug in my CTEK MXS5.0 charger and hook it up to my 100ah deep cycle. the revs do increase, but not a great deal. Essentially that is how it will be used most of the time so its good to know that the sound is manageable.
I will keep you guys in the loop on how it runs.
Cheers,
Christian
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