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wingatesl

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I have been lurking for a while, just figured I would say "Hi!". Now to make it official;
What would be necessary to make a portable generator USCG compliant? Isolating the engine from the electronic components obviously. Tied into the fuel system to remove that venting issue. Exhaust venting? I want to say up front that I am not using one. I don't even think it is a good idea. Just curious, please don't make me regret it ;)
Shawn
 
Welcome, Shawn!
You will get plenty of opinions and advice, portable generators always draw a crowd.
To answer your question, I'm not sure it is possible and if it is, you probably don't want to jump thru the hoops of fire. My suggestion is, run it on the swim platform with the bow into the wind.

Good luck and again, welcome
 
Hehe, what better way to get known right? I really have no intent on trying to do it, I am truely just interested.
 
fdsvcpdlr, CO detector is a must on any boat really (I have two). I am really looking for compliance info.
 
Welcome .... your'e opening a "can of worms" ... If you have a Honda EU 2000 and you run it on the swim platform, have a CO detector, and don't run it while you are sleeping you will be OK. You will have a barrage of folks here telling you that you will surely die. I have run mine that way for a long time with no problem, just use common sense. As far as making it "compliant", not sure that it is possible .. at least not economically. Once again .. welcome!!
 
Welcome aboard. Glad to see that you believe your skin has grown thick enough for a post :) As long as you don't try to make a generator out of an old lawnmower while heading to Block Island in a bowrider I think you'll do fine.
 
I was thinking about one of the ocean city(MD) inlets in a skiff while huffing on the exhaust of my lawnmower powered outboard! Thanks for the welcome Phily!
 
Something I have always wondered about with a Honda on the swim platform; how do you keep them dry? I'm thinking of waves rolling in, chop bobbing you around & the idiots flying by 50' off your bow.(or stern) I would think in salt water they wouldn't last long.
Al
 
C'mon guys. He's not talking about a lawn mower! (Shawn, it's a long-running joke here)

Portable gennys on boats always get this forum going. Do a search and find out. It all depends on the unit purchased, the usage, the boat design it's on, and the common sense of the person operating it (just like anything else in the world).

Welcome aboard!
 
Not Bob, but he is actually how I found this forum (indirectly). Last August before I bought our boat I was looking for forums related to boating in the area. I remember well the stories of his white knuckle voyages through the inlet. I have really just been lurking since then. Now I am searching for 3.5Kw Westerbeke, and started wondering about marine certification requirements so I posted. I seem to have found a great bunch of people.
Shawn
 
Actually, he is the reason i mentioned the OC inlet. So anybody here from the Eastern Shore of MD? I slip in Whitehaven..
Shawn
 
Welcome aboard Shawn. In my opinion you can not make a portable geneartor compliant,regardles of cost.Having said that, there are a whole bunch of boaters who use portable generators above decks and do so successfully for specific functions.

John
 
Sortie, I was really hoping to elaborate on the reasons. I have no desire to do anything related, but I do believe that it will help me and hopefully others in the future understand the $6,000 difference.
 
Spark proof ignition, cooling system, wet exhaust system, marine worthy components, the cost of compliance...and more.
 
This is beginning to sound familar ... Hmmmmmmm Ask a quesion, get an answer

"Now I am searching for 3.5Kw Westerbeke, and started wondering about marine certification requirements so I posted"

Isn't a 3.5KW Westerbeke marine certified??? If that's what you are getting, why ask a question regardig certification of a portable??? As I said earlier, you probably cannot get a portable generator "marine certified", but with a little common sense they can be used safely.
 
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