12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
This is why I have two solutions I’ll be using in the future (I’ve never had a generator)EVERY time I have actually needed it, it had an issue. One was a bad control board
One is an alternator (GM 12V 1-wire internally regulated) run by a horizontal shaft 3.5 or 5hp motor. This will be self-engineered and assembled. I have the parts, just gotta do it. NO electrical board to fail and a new spare alternator and belt is $75. And no board to fail
(This probably wouldn’t be ideal unless you’re lead acid for batteries)
I also got a circa 1987 5000W Generac ‘cradle’ generator for free that ‘sorta runs’ after cleaning the fuel tank and replacing the carburetor but I still need to tune the cheap china carb. Once it runs properly I’ll figure out if the 120V output is clean, and good. That will run my table saw and 120Vi welders fine; the 220V TiG might crowd it? Dunno.
Either way: no ‘boards’ in it to fail. And my basic solar meets well over 100% of my daily requirements.
Anyways, like the ladder cradle ideas. A lot of 4x8 plywood has gone up a ladder in my life but at 56 I think a lot of that wasn’t safe or a good idea - I was just lucky.
Solar panels are about the same: not that heavy, but bulky, heavy enough, and not forgiving in a wind.