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    Quote Originally Posted by Cjohnson View Post
    Not sure why my pics always come in rotated 90 degrees???
    You have to edit the picture in some way and save it. When you do that it will not rotate them when you upload.

    I think a software 'engineer' did that on purpose to frustrate us mortals!
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    Follow your roadside LP tank lines. Somewhere along the frame rail you will find the manifold block, which will have some unused ports. Non-ethanol blended gas is finally coming back to areas of the country (my hot rods are thankful) and that would be ideal. If not, you should run them dry (don't want to transport with gas in the tanks in that space), which also mitigates what ethanol does to the jet.
    Whatever you do, do make sure for the safety of yourself and your loved ones you don't run them where exhaust can enter the camper.
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    I have a Champion Dual Fuel Generator and I always run it on Propane. I really like running it on Propane because it eliminates me from needing to carry gas.

    In your situation, I would either switch out my Propane tanks for a pair of 40lb tanks, or just carry around a 20lb tank in the back of my truck just for the generator (this is what I do).

    If you want to plumb your generators into your coach, you need to know what pressure your generators operate on. If the generators have an onboard regulator, then you will need to supply Propane from the "High Pressure" (red) regulator on the passenger side of the coach. If your Generators are expecting "Normal Appliance" pressure (11" wc) then you will need to supply Propane after the regulator from the Driver's side of the coach.

    Of course using a portable 20 lb tank eliminates a lot of plumbing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cjohnson View Post
    I could use a little help on a couple of projects I'm interested in. The main outcome is to feed fuel (gasoline or LP) to a pair of Honda EU generators I have. I recently added a MorRyde slider to my empty-from-the-factory generator box.

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    I have an EU2000 and a EU2200 paired. Certain serial numbers from the 2K series would pair to the 2200, and I got lucky. That said, the EU2200 was converted to accept both gasoline and LP using a Hutch Mountain kit (love it). So...

    I'm thinking about 2 approaches:
    - connect the two generators to the onboard fuel tank
    - convert the EU2000 to LP as well and then connect both to the onboard LP bottle system. We have (2) 30lbs tanks onboard.

    I'm not sure how to go about connecting either, but given that I need to boon-dock a bout 1/4 of my camping trips, I'd like to sort this. My preference would be to go to LP for the long run rate of the generators - 7 hours on 1 gal of gasoline vs 21 hours on a 20Lb LP bottle. BUT...I use the LP for water heaters, fridge, furnance etc. so seems like an easier path to plumb to the gasoline tank (???).

    Anyways, as always, love to get the feedback (along with the "don't do that dumb-**********)...
    The most important thing I can tell you from looking at the picture is, from where they are sitting you need to remove them and place them several feet away from the trailer. It would be extremely hazardous to run them sitting where they are pictured. That being said propane will be your easiest connection as said by others just do not double regulate it. The hard part about running gasoline to this type of generator is they are gravity feed and you cannot just simply tie into a tank above it. The tanks are vented and once it is full it will overflow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
    The most important thing I can tell you from looking at the picture is, from where they are sitting you need to remove them and place them several feet away from the trailer. It would be extremely hazardous to run them sitting where they are pictured. That being said propane will be your easiest connection as said by others just do not double regulate it. The hard part about running gasoline to this type of generator is they are gravity feed and you cannot just simply tie into a tank above it. The tanks are vented and once it is full it will overflow.

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    This is incorrect. The Hondas have a fuel pump, and a external tank can be hooked up to one. The tanks are not vented. The fuel caps are. It is a knob you turn to vent or seal. Several companies make/sell external tank kits for the Hondas. I made my own. I used a 6 gallon marine tank and plumbed it to the fuel cap using mercury quick connects. You fill the Hondas tank, and the marine tank, which will vent thru its cap start the generator and as it draws fuel from it's tank, it sucks fuel from the marine tank.
    I have been doing this for at least 15 years.... 72 hours of run time with this setup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by huntindog View Post
    This is incorrect. The Hondas have a fuel pump, and a external tank can be hooked up to one. The tanks are not vented. The fuel caps are. It is a knob you turn to vent or seal. Several companies make/sell external tank kits for the Hondas. I made my own. I used a 6 gallon marine tank and plumbed it to the fuel cap using mercury quick connects. You fill the Hondas tank, and the marine tank, which will vent thru its cap start the generator and as it draws fuel from it's tank, it sucks fuel from the marine tank.
    I have been doing this for at least 15 years.... 72 hours of run time with this setup.
    This is what I did to mine - years and years ago. At that time I had to order another 2 fuel caps (one for each generator).

    I drilled a hole large enough to fit a fuel line hose through them and then attached a length of brake line so it fed into the fuel tank and below the level of the fuel in the tank.

    I tee'd both those fuel lines into one and again used about 12" of a brake line to feed into a gas "can".

    The generators pulled the fuel from the gas "can" just great - for hours and hours. When I needed to refill the gas "can" I just pulled the fuel line going to the generators out of the "can", refilled the "can" and the siphoning began again - without the generators ever stopping.

    I now carry both generators and about 2 gallons of gas in a container in the bed of my truck while traveling and put it in the shade when camping.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OurNewEra View Post
    You have to edit the picture in some way and save it. When you do that it will not rotate them when you upload.

    I think a software 'engineer' did that on purpose to frustrate us mortals!
    The orientation of the picture when posted on here correlates directly as to how the picture was taken on the phone.... turn your phone sideways to take a picture and it will show up on here sideways. Unless you do like you stated and open it, edit it, and re-save it. Be sure to post the saved version and not the original picture.
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