OT- Small - Automatic - Generators...?
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:43:48 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote:
mac davis wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:55:15 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:
The killers are the need for electric start so the thing can start
automatically and for a UL approved transfer switch. You just
don't
find electric start on very small generators--in the low capacities
they're made to be portable and adding electric start adds weight
that reduces portability.
I found it kind of interesting that our cheap ($500) 5.5 Coleman
generator has a casting on it for an optional starter...
But what does it end up costing once you've gotten the starter?
--
We didn't do it, but the friend that went to the states for the generator was
figuring about $100 for the starter, battery and battery holder..
Another $10 for 50' of speaker wire and a door bell button for the "remote
start".. ;-]
mac
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