Generator

[Evil Genius Zarse]

Not sure if anyone is interested but Woollies, of all places, are doing half price generators. Can't be bad for £50! Mines on the way!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50899604

[Andy Zarse]

It's a good price, we use one as does Bob U, and they're perfectly adequate for running a fridge/freezer, phone chargers, stereos and a few lights, that kind of thing. You'd need something a bit more powerful if you wanted to run much more than that though.

[Evil Genius Zarse]

Will it be powerful enough to plug a gang socket in and use those items you mentioned at once?

Cheers

[Bob U]

No problem. Last year we ran 2 fridges, 2 stings of lights and a stereo at the same time without any problems.
The only problem we had was that it didn't like the HA dust and did start spluttering a bit towards the end of the weekend. Ater a strip down and clean it was OK again.
This year we will cover it with a polystyrene box with ventilation holes and hopfully keep the dust out and the noise in.

[Papa Lazarou]

Was this running constantly?  How much juice (2-stroke I presume) did it use?

[Bob U]

Yes, 2 stroke. It was running from 7ish in the morning until midnightish with 2 fridges constantly, stereo as and when and lights after dark. We turned it off at night to cut the noise (on Houx annexe? ) and also it was cooler so the fridges stayed cold all night. We used about 4 gallon of unleaded from Friday morning through till monday morning. I paid £50 for mine 3 years ago and have been well pleased with it. For £50 now I would say it is well worth the investment

[Papa Lazarou]

Excellent, thanks!  Now, if only I could fit a fridge in the Celica...

[mister psycho]

We took one of these last year and it ran faultlessly all week-end got 10 hours on a tankfull (4 litre) of juice, only switched it off to refuel otherwise ran 24/7 from thurs am to mon am. powered fridge freezer, lights/xmas lights and stereo no problem.
however our one requred a different 2 stroke mix (1/20) for first 30 hours to run it in , then 1/50 after that, i ran ours in before we went over a few weekends (1/20 mix will be quite smokey and more likely to oil up plug)
another tip only mix up the 2 stroke as you need it (up to 5l at a time) then any unused petrol that hasn't been pre mixed can go in the car tank for return journey
good luck........ Tony

[Snoring Rhino]

The Woolies one looks similar to the one on Focus DIY and the same price.
They also do a 2kw 4 stroke with a niose rating of 90db (it has a good size silencer on it) for £150 but it is alot bigger (about 24 x14x 18") but does have a big enough tank for about 12hrs running.

[Barry]

 a niose rating of 90db

That will please the neighbours.

[Piglet]

 a niose rating of 90db

That will please the neighbours.

I was trying not to respond the Psycho running a gennie 24/7 - but since you've started Barry 

Camp near me and run your gennie 24/7 and you might find it becomes faulty after the first night...

[Paddy_NL]

We'll have (only) a 6kW this year, to be doubled up by the Friday for the gigs. The generator during the week will be boxed in to reduce noise, and will only run about 18/24. No clue about noise level
The second one won't be boxed in. I don't think that will be nescesarry on Friday

[mister psycho]

its only 64Db and i had it boxed in , theres people f@rting louder than that

[Lorry]

its only 64Db and i had it boxed in , theres people f@rting louder than that

Oh god, somebody else noticed, and I try to keep it to 18/24 too, but its a struggle.


I'll bring my dB meter if it helps, but its more a case of complaint than figures, if you know what I mean

[Barry]

 a niose rating of 90db

That will please the neighbours.

I was trying not to respond the Psycho running a gennie 24/7 - but since you've started Barry 

Camp near me and run your gennie 24/7 and you might find it becomes faulty after the first night...

Wasn't commenting on the 24/7 running time, was pointing out that 90 db is enough to wake the dead, and the dead drunk. That is a very loud genny.