small engine hour meter

 looking to buy something to attach to my honda gen to get total hours used
and maintenace for oil change

would this one be ok or please suggest another make/model/price
mayberrys.com/honda/generator/html/hourmeter.htm

  Check Mcmaster http://www.mcmaster.com/  or Westmarine. Think forklifts/boats.
Mcmaster $19, 75-270v AC hour meter.
<http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/271325/377%20710/0/hour%20meter/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N77%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=hour%20meter&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=hour%20meter&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum „&classNum…>

I would go with the Marine Grade equipment.

Cheers



maintenace for oil change

 

I don't like electronic hour meters because when something juices it, the
reading is
lost.  I use this one on all my small engine equipment:

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_41061_41061

Half the price.  It has a quartz clock inside the case but the hour register is
mechanical.  Little short of burning the thing down would erase the reading even
after something caused it to quit working.

John
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I have an old Hobbs meter that plugs directly into the AC outlet.  I think
it might be a bit more mechanical than the one Neon John suggested--I'm not
sure if they HAD quartz clocks when it was made ;-).  It has lasted through
two eu2000s (total about 19,000 hours) and over 2400 hours on a Chinese
generator.

 

My motorhome came with a mechanical Hobbs.  It was lacking ertness so I did an
autopsy.  It contained a mechanism quite similar to old mechanical car clocks.  A
spring-driven clock work that was rewound every few minutes by a contact on the
spring that energized a solenoid.  I wasn't terribly impressed.  It had less
than 400
hours on it when it went inert.  Just like a car clock :-)

The only thing I don't like about my new one is the loud CLUNK it makes every few
seconds as the solenoid that turns the dial fires.  My meter is in the overhead
control panel inside the RV.  It's a lot louder than the generator.

John
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John De Armond
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http://www.neon-john.com
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