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[Michael Tope]

I just bought a propane conversion kit from "Hutch Mountain" for my 
EU2000i:
https://www.hutchmountain.com/

I haven't installed it yet, but I am looking forward being freed from 
the curse of long-term gasoline storage and gummed up carburetors.

BTW, how big is the inverter you are using, Jim?

73, Mike W4EF.............



On 8/11/2024 5:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 8/11/2024 5:31 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> Hi George,
>>
>> Thanks for the info on the generators.  MY EU2000 just sits and the 
>> gas goes bad, despite the additives.  The EU22i looks really nice, 
>> except it's a Euro model (230V 50 Hz) but fuel injected. The US 
>> version (120V 60 Hz) is still carbureted. If it had EFI I'd buy one.
>
> Wes,
>
> My neighbor Glen, W6GJB, did propane conversions on my EU2200I and his 
> EU2000i. We both love being able to run on propane. Supplying a load 
> of about 1kW, I get about 24 hours on a can. That load is a bank of 
> 48V LiFePO4 batteries that feed an inverter that powers our home 
> during power failures. The concept of using batteries to buffer the 
> gen came from George's work over the years on island expeditions.
>
> There's a guy up the coast (in OR, I think) who sells the conversion 
> kits.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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