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Subject:Re: Friday; 12V generator ideas / Tiny Honda Generator
From:Loren Busch
Date:Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:13:00 -0800
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> I believe one of the accessories you can buy for the Honda EU1000 generator
> is the 12 volt cable. Plugs into a special receptacle and the other end
> clips to your battery. Provides a way to recharge your battery without need
> of any invertors.
>
> However, it is designed to ONLY charge your battery, not provide 12 volt
> load power.
>

And it works but is slow.  Fine for smaller batteries but plugging the 110v
AC into my onboard battery charger works a lot better.