Cheap eBay generators

[$ilver]

Has anyone used or owns one of the brand new generators on eBay?

I was wondering about the reliability and ability to deliver a good power supply.

$ilver

 

[weldequip]

"70% Honda Based parts"; I'd be happier with 100% Honda genuine parts!
If you are planning on running your 206i Inverter from a Generator $ilver, get a good one.
weldequip

 

[$ilver]

Honda are not the only reliable name? Dam expensive too

Also did you read my other post?

$ilver

 

[rtbcomp]

"70% Honda Based parts"; I'd be happier with 100% Honda genuine parts!
If you are planning on running your 206i Inverter from a Generator $ilver, get a good one.
weldequip

"Honda Based" - does that mean "Honda Copy"?

 

[Justme]

copy clone rip off take your pick

 

[MrFluffy]

Honda actually encourage this as theyve flogged off their jigs/tooling etc for some of their older engines to korean and chinese manufacturers. Theyre not the only ones to have done this (GM/vauxhall nee daewoo), and you can already buy copy bikes with copies of the venerable cg125 engine in made by jincheng and others...
I imagine they might have flogged some tooling for some genny sets while they were at it. If its any input, Ive got a mate who worked on the originals and who works on the copy bikes now and again, and he says theyre almost as good as the originals but the materials quality is a bit pants, so threads tend to pull easier etc...

 

[rtbcomp]

Honda actually encourage this as theyve flogged off their jigs/tooling etc for some of their older engines to korean and chinese manufacturers. Theyre not the only ones to have done this (GM/vauxhall nee daewoo), and you can already buy copy bikes with copies of the venerable cg125 engine in made by jincheng and others...
I imagine they might have flogged some tooling for some genny sets while they were at it. If its any input, Ive got a mate who worked on the originals and who works on the copy bikes now and again, and he says theyre almost as good as the originals but the materials quality is a bit pants, so threads tend to pull easier etc...

I understand my car a Proton, is based on a Mitsubishi model.

 

[Alex]

If you take for example a Honda GX160 engine, very common, used for a variety of different things and as such the chinese have taken it onboard and started manufacturing clones.

Problem is that while everything is pretty much exactly the same size and spec between the genuine honda and the clones, the metal used is totally different and substandard. The Honda casting is much brighter and shiny with a smoother finish, defintely more mass with less bubbles in it. The Chinese clone is more likely to crack.


Honda engines are probably the best engines in the world for reliability. All the time they perform better than Briggs with far less break-downs.

Also I heard that the VTEC engine design has never gone wrong....Ever!


It's quite amazing. Why cant we make engines that dont break down?

 

[lexi]

Well that was big Clarkson that made the Honda statement.........What does it mean?........under warranty?.........head only? Cos that`s all the Vtec is. A Honda OHC engine with vtec head. Those engines have a lifespan of 300k....mine only has 75k on it
They`re better cos of superior engineering.. materials.. production methods.....design.......assembly......ancillary components etc etc.

Any generators I`ve had or known it has not been the engine but the electic set that has failed. They can be very expensive when this happens as the parts are hugely expensive or only available through dealers who are astronomicaly expensive.

Alex

 

[TechnicAl]

The frame looks like genuine Honda angle iron

 

[$ilver]

The frame looks like genuine Honda angle iron

LOL

$ilver

 

[morph]

£650 is a hell of alot for a honda rip off!! Try this!
http://www.northerntooluk.com/products.asp?partno=168006E
Bit more money but will last forever!

 

[TechnicAl]

Im told that they cannot be CE marked if they have open sides. Mind you Im no expert on CE marking but I know people that are.
CE marks are self certified unless they are issued by TuV or a similar organisation.

 

[bump]

I've seen plenty of CE marked open frame gennies. We used to use then for ancillary power at events where they could be stuck behind a van.

Open frame gennies do require the operator to wear ear defenders whilst "using" them.