Engel 1000w Generators & battery charging

I have had experience in both sola and gennie. I found I have had no problem with using my 1000w gennie with my 40ltr engel, but with a 1200w solar panel it only worked with no cloud cover. My gennie is a Honda which cost over $1000. With the amount of times I have used the gennie a $98.00 gennie from Bunnings would fit the bill.

Cheers Geoff

Hi Dave,
I have an Engel 1000w and am happy with it. It's quiet and works well on both the low load and high load speed settings. I did have a fuel leak somewhere inside after the first trip, but it was immediately replaced with a new one, no questions asked. In fact Engel rang me a month later for more details as they were sending it back to Japan for inspection in case it was a design issue that needed to be fixed.

I also have an 80 watt portable panel and find that keeps us going most of the time (unless it's raining or very overcast) so the gennie doesn't get much of a workout.

Cheers
Gerry

I have found the Engle generators are good units. If you are using it to specifically charge batteries get a proper 3-stage battery charger and power it from the generator 240VAC rather than using the Engle 12V output to charge the batteries. This will provide a much faster recharge rate and ensure the batteries are charge to full capacity

leachy

Be aware that some Engle generators are not pure sine wave like Yamaha and Honda inverter models, hence cheaper. May be alright for batt charging though.

Have you considered a Christie's generator? (alternator running off a Honda motor at either 14 or 14.8volts). Output is much higher than any other system, so you don't need to run it as long. Downside is they are noisier.
http://www.christieengineering.com.au/