Portable generator recommendations (1 Viewer)

[trealawboy]

Having been confined to trapping in my garden, I've had another injection of enthusiasm following a trip out for a National Moth Night event.

With next year in mind, I'd be grateful if more experienced BFers could give some tips or recommendations about the portable generators they use. A quick trawl of the popular suppliers reveals there's a few models on offer, Tiger, Stephill and Honda

All are expensive, some very expensive, so I'd like some advice before taking the plunge.

 

[Surreybirder]

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=61712
might help but I personally know nothing about generators. It's a question that comes up on the UK-moths yahoogroup from time to time, so it might be worth scanning their archives.
Ken

 

[PaulK]

Have a look at Screwfix, I think it is made by Wolf. It is only £70 and it is meant to be really good.

 

[harry eales]

Having been confined to trapping in my garden, I've had another injection of enthusiasm following a trip out for a National Moth Night event.

With next year in mind, I'd be grateful if more experienced BFers could give some tips or recommendations about the portable generators they use. A quick trawl of the popular suppliers reveals there's a few models on offer, Tiger, Stephill and Honda

All are expensive, some very expensive, so I'd like some advice before taking the plunge.

My local Focus DIY had a generator on the shelves yesterday for £59.99. It may be worth checking your local Focus shop. Check before you buy a 'jenny' some run on straight petrol, some may use 2 stroke fuel, i.e. petrol/oil mixture.

Harry

 

[WHIMBREL]

Having been confined to trapping in my garden, I've had another injection of enthusiasm following a trip out for a National Moth Night event.

With next year in mind, I'd be grateful if more experienced BFers could give some tips or recommendations about the portable generators they use. A quick trawl of the popular suppliers reveals there's a few models on offer, Tiger, Stephill and Honda

All are expensive, some very expensive, so I'd like some advice before taking the plunge.

Saw some Generators on sale for less than £60 at Macro - Nantgarw - just down the road from you Trealaw Boy, perhaps they are still available, I saw them during the summer and considered one myself, they looked very good value for money.

Hope this info is of use.

Bill

PS. Found any Quail this year....

 

[Stuart Read]

I bought a Kipor 980Tc off ebay from -
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PJLALLSORTS_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
it cost 149.99 with free p&p and arrived the very next day.
It looks & feels very much like the Honda 700i.
I've usually run 2 x 125w mv's & a 15w actinic off it no problem.

Stuart.

 

[trealawboy]

I thought I'd flag this up as the 'new season' approaches


http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_buys/productnl_122.html

 

[sphinx]

I thought I'd flag this up as the 'new season' approaches


http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_buys/productnl_122.html

Yes i was going to mention this. It looks like good value petrol oil mix jenny
You'll need to be quick though I think they will sell out quickly.

 

[wendelio]

Yes i was going to mention this. It looks like good value petrol oil mix jenny
You'll need to be quick though I think they will sell out quickly.

Just thought I'd mention that I have given this unit a try.
I went out the Monday after the Sunday special and there was still a healthy stack of them in the shop. It was a few days until I could try it out, but when I did get around to it, I could not get even a spark (pun intended) of life out of it.
Aldi were very obliging in letting me swap the defective unit for another one, but as yet I have not got anything out of that one either! Interestingly, the guys in the shop said that they had had a few back as defective.
I'm not too worried yet though, I will give the shop another go tomorrow and if no luck there I will send it back to Wolf to be fixed under the 3 year guarantee.
I know plenty of other people using Wolf generators who have not had any problems. I don't see why these particular units should be a problem so I am hoping I am just unlucky!

Regards,
Wendelio.

As a Post Script to the above: After some careful checking with multimeters and fixing some loose connections I have the thing running fine. The support phone line man was very helpful and explained that it is not uncommon for a connection to work loose during transit.

W.