[A/S] EU2000is, Winter living

["Thomas Dickieson" <lleather@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi;  I know I am very late coming in on these topics, but was away 
for two weeks hunting (successfully) and came back to see these very 
personal (for the last two weeks) topics.  Here goes.  I have an 
EU3000is generator, and to move it anywhere one MUST have a wheel kit 
on it, or be young and strong.  I have wheels.  The best option is to 
purchase two EU2000i's and the parallel kit.  This applies in the US 
only, as in Canada, the EU2000i's are not compatable with the 
parallel kits.  I was going to trade my 3000 in on two 2000s this 
year, but found that the 2000s up here have no connection ports for 
the adapter kits.  SO, buy US and buy EU2000's.  Now, the winter 
living.  Most days were above freezing, with the nights at about 20 
to 22 degrees F.  The furnace easily kept up, and I used a 1500W 
ceramic blower heater when the genny was running as it was free power 
from an EU3000 just running a TV and VCR in the evenings.  Several 
nights it went down to 10 degrees F.  and the furnace ran quite a 
bit.  I lasted about ten days on the first 30 lbs of propane, and 
then the second clicked in.  It is now about a third empty, so two 
weeks - forty pounds of propane, and ten gallons of gas for the 
genny.  Now - when the heat was off, it took about two hours for 
frost to begin to develop in the trailer, so that would indicate very 
non efficient insulation.  Humidity was also a problem for a good 
portion of the time when cooking. I hope this is not too late to help 
someone with their decisions.  Hope it helps.  Oh, I almost forgot.  
When the temp was down to 10 degrees F. I had to run the genny to run 
the furnace, as the batteries only lasted part of one night and both 
had to be recharged the next day.  Cold batteries are not good 
batteries.

Tom
North Bay, Ontario, Canada

P.S.  I wouldn't wish to live in this tin house all winter up here, 
as twenty below zero would be a real challenge.  I have tent camped 
in that temp when younger and a scout leader, but I don't relish it 
now.