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Subject Topic: Kipor v honda generator.
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Personoldham
28/2/2012 at 12:12am
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Have you considered the camping friendly option of Solar power.  

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Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 28/2/2012
Have you considered the camping friendly option of Solar power.  

I have and a decent size installation is too expensive.

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Try looking more long term,  once you have your system no running costs. 

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Whats that got to do with kipor v Honda? I'm sure solar power is great but I am not asking that


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You already have a kipper  Smh582003 which is still running.  The mention of alternatives merely helps anyone reading this old but still available thread.   As I am sure you know gens on campsites are either now banned or have the use curtailed.  Solar on the other hand.   Quiet, clean and in use on most THS, rallies, and non EHU sites.  So if anyone is looking for information  on the Kippor v Honda they now also have another option.  I am also sure that they will make their own choice.

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Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 28/2/2012
Try looking more long term,  once you have your system no running costs. 

That assumes that the solar panel has an infinite life.......


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Quote: Originally posted by mattlad on 29/2/2012
Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 28/2/2012
Try looking more long term,  once you have your system no running costs. 

That assumes that the solar panel has an infinite life.......

Not a lot to go wrong,  will probably out last me   

Unlike the genny with a pull cord start that I was attempting to start on a canal bank and ended up in the canal, as I did when I had to retrieve it.    Some things are best forgotten   

 



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Hate to dampen your parade but Solar panels degrade

Anyway back on topic These Kipors etc etc


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Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 29/2/2012
Quote: Originally posted by mattlad on 29/2/2012
Quote: Originally posted by oldham on 28/2/2012
Try looking more long term,  once you have your system no running costs. 

That assumes that the solar panel has an infinite life.......

Not a lot to go wrong,  will probably out last me   

Unlike the genny with a pull cord start that I was attempting to start on a canal bank and ended up in the canal, as I did when I had to retrieve it.  

 



You should have not stood so close to the bank.

Where I store my caravan, they had a major fire with 40 caravans up in smoke. The fire brigade believe it was the solar panel being used, as they had been to a few boats that had caught fire due to battery overheating. And yes they had regulators on them.

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 Most use the solars when van in use.   But I I am not going down the line of horror stories,  Enough to say that gennys do not have a clean record.  Anyone thinking of a power source should go on a fact finding mission before paying out their money. 



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