On Sep 19, 1:49*pm, m II wrote:
ransley wrote:
The honda can last 15000 hours if run easy, RPM is load dependant so
at 100w it might only run 900 rpm, it also has as clean or cleaner
power then your utility co, alt.energy.homepower *is where folks are
that have gotten 15000 hours, bull full load it and maybe you get
2-3000

That 15000 hours is more likely with a slow diesel or a water cooled gas
engine. I'd venture to say the Honda is more realistically rated at 2 to
3 thousand hours maximum, as compared to Briggs and Stratton's 500 hundred.

mike

I have talked to people that claim near 15000 on campers. The reason
is simple, the EU is not a 3600 rpm unit unless its full load, RPM is
load dependant. Put it on a camper to run a few hundred watts and the
3500 watt unit might turn 900 rpm. At 900 RPM it might just last 50000
hours. There is a 900 rpm Deisel made in India that are known to last
100,000 hours. But load up a EU and 1500 - 2000 hours might ruin it.
Take a car on a race track it might not last a day, drive it easy it
might last 150000 miles. Tecumpsee and B&S non ohv 3600 rpm motors
might only go 3-350 hours, mine did.