Yes, it will. Won't heat your hot water though. What battery charger do you have?

You might be close. The charger on my boat is a 93-12305E-8 which is fused at 10A and is rated at 7A. The Honda will peak at 8.3A and run continuous at 7.5A. If the Honda is not tripped by the initial surge of the charger and meets it's rating, then maybe you'll make it. The generator will certainly be woring hard.

If my instruments are calibrated right, when I've used 40% of my battery the battery will be taking 29A DC in the first 10 or 20 minutes. It tapers off after that. Biggest issue will be if you run your battery down too far, then the initial charge rate gets really high.

Do you guys all just plug the gens directly into your shore power connector ?

I plug my Honda 2000 into the stern 30 amp shore power of my C375. This requires a converter from the 30 amp 3 prong plug (c375 plug) to a regular 110 V 15 amp household type plug for the Honda. I upgraded my battery charger to a Progressive Dynamics PD9270 70 amp charger for my 400 ah house battery pack. This required much bigger amp wires from the charger to the batteries. I run the Honda off the swim platform and it takes 3-4 hours to bring the house batteries from 50% charge to 90% charge.

The Honda wattage power matches the battery charger output.

Rod Tennyson

[QUOTE=rodtennyson;14900]I plug my Honda 2000 into the stern 30 amp shore power of my C375. This requires a converter from the 30 amp 3 prong plug (c375 plug) to a regular 110 V 15 amp household type plug for the Honda. I upgraded my battery charger to a Progressive Dynamics PD9270 70 amp charger for my 400 ah house battery pack. This required much bigger amp wires from the charger to the batteries. I run the Honda off the swim platform and it takes 3-4 hours to bring the house batteries from 50% charge to 90% charge.

The Honda wattage power matches the battery charger output.

Rod Tennyson[/QUOTE]

Your 'Progressive Dynamics' is charging the batteries - and obviously is not affected by the generators AC waveform... that was what I was wondering about.

I'm also looking for a Honda Generator. Its a tossup between the 1000 and the 2000. Wondering where you store the generator in MK1 when not in use? Will either or both fit in the Port Side Cockpit Locker or Stern Lazerette? Any thoughts on Storage?

jt

I purchased the 2000 this summer and the only place it actually fits out of the way is behind the companionway stair on top of the engine cover. You have to remove the stairway but that keeps it secure. I had concerns about a possible gas oder but the vent locks and the cap is tight, there is no oder.

Charging capability for the 2000; in about 45 minutes it heats the water from a cold start. If water already warm it takes about 10 minutes. Puts out about 10 amps through a NAPA 10 amp charger at the same time while pluged into the 110V circuit.

Not sure the 1000 would be able to do both and possibly might have issues with heating the water.

Gary, we keep our C-375 in Florida but our summer home is in Bridgton ME just down the road from you.
I have been using the Honda 2000 on our C375 and at our house in Bridgton transporting it back and forth by car. If you pull off the cover on the Honda there is a small flat blade screw in the carburetor that when unscrewed you can drain the float bowl through a clear plastic hose. Once the bowl is drained and the vent cap is closed you can leave the gas tank full and never smell any gas. I have never hesitated to store the Honda any place on the C-375, my car or my house.

We use our Honda to heat water, charge batteries and run the A/C, its a great machine.

Rod Tennyson
C-375

Thanks for the info Rod. I have been keeping it right in the companionway since I bought it. Have not had any smell of gas what soever so I am pleased with it. Really could not keep it anywhere else unless I left it on deck.
Bridgeton is about 25 miles west of Auburn, I go through there often on my way to Fryeburg. Neat little village. What made you choose Maine?

Gary
We bought a house in Bridgton 20 years ago to spend our summers in Maine and escape the Florida summer heat and hurricanes. Every June we take the Lila Jean (C-375) through Stuart FL and the St Lucie locks into the Okeechobee waterway and to Indiantown Marina. We haul her to the hard and tie her down with hurricane anchors and then head to Maine. We return to FL in mid October and retrieve the Lila Jean for winter sailing in the Bahamas and the Keys.
My real dream is to someday bring the Lila Jean to Maine for summer sailing.

Rod Tennyson