Inverters and generators... Need info

This is a home made Apu. Just batteries and controllers.

I have friends that have had whole house demands on sailboats ran off solar and wind power and deep cycle 6 volts for decades .

Keep your connections clean and insulated from the elements is 99% of the battle in the electrical world.

The other battle is just keep up with the technology.

The Smart Apus they are installing on trucks these days are the future.

And I hate the future. I love my 1997 N-14.

But I have dealt with generators on boats for 4 decades. The high usage requires high maintenance


Nothing runs 70 -100 hours a week without high maintenance.

The whole bad Rap Apus have got is mostly from just poor maintenance .

 

That thing weighs over 250 lbs and everything I read talked about how loud it is. Someone said louder than a gas open frame gen of same size and I read it was up to 110DB, you would be a hated dude at Truckstop lolol

 

I have a platform on the trailer that is made for a Generator. Blair had it installed when he owned it.

I have the boat gas tank but I am not sure I’ll carry it due to the DOT thing. I currently use one of those VP fuels container that holds 5 gallons. It is epa and carb compliant and all sorts of stuff but it doesn’t say DOT. So a lot of people are getting the No Spill Scepter cans and buying DOT approved caps for during transport.

So I think I will but one. Buy two of the caps and rig one caps for when I am sitting and another for transport. Simple swap. The cap for running just needs a pickup tube that is attached to cap that goes to bottom of tank.

The last photo is the setup I got on sale with the hose and gas cap for Yamaha etc. and boat gas tank. You can source the parts and just build it cheaper also.

I am at right now but when I set it up on trailer I’ll send a picture of it or shoot you a vid if you wish.

 

More like 2500hrs a year running an APU, you're saving quite a bit each year whithout the headache. Any issues, you can take it to any Carrier dealer network for warranty work and service. But you do whatever you're doing just to "save" a few bucks.

 

Cool thing about the No SPill style can is they make a locking holder I can mount on my trailer rack to make it easy. Here is the gen mount on trailer to give an idea where it is, gen is not mounted in this photo

 

Or you get a 4300 watt gas generator for $450. Or A small inverter generator for $550.

 

Not dot legal.