Generator on Drawbar

That may be my home-made generator box. It's in my pic section. If so and interested and those pics are not a large enough size you could e-mail me on member message with your e-mail and I could send larger files. e.g. 150Mb. Plus I could give some hints on the making of if DIY is undertaken.
There were warnings a few years ago about sparks igniting the exhausted gas from the regulator. However that has since been debunked by quite a lot of people. My box as you will see has the stone guard between it and the gas tanks anyway. I have been very happy with the way my idea turned out. Quite practical. The only issues I have had were to do with the seals which had been letting in small amounts of dust and rain. Recently I redid the seals and looks ok now. cheers, Neil.

Hi Col and Diane

Ours is a bit different, and opens from the front, with the generator on a slide. We generally take it out if using it, but is can be run in situ. The front opening can be either perpendicular or horizontal, the latter being a bit of a roof if raining. Steve of BTi does not recommend running a genny this close to the gas bottles, but with the front opening, ours is well shielded. I can email photos.

Someone on the caravaners Forum posted picture of theirs which had mesh sides, made to run in situ.

Motherhen

Greetings Col and Diane

The big problem with generators and particularly the more portable versions, is that they are portable and as such are very stealable. This requires that the generator be secured both while in storage and in use.

Something that we came across in the course of designing our setup that may be of use to you in your deliberations.
The Honda 2's also generate 12Volts and that 12 Volt supply can be utilised to run a cooling fan (radiator type) to assist with cooling the generator while it is in use in a enclosed lockable box generating 240 Volts. The boosted air must go through the generator case and not just around it to have the required cooling effect in a enclosed locked box situation.

I recognise that our setup is different from that which you propose, in that ours operate, and are stored, within fully enclosed lockable boxes, and this requires that they have cooling asistance by fan forced air while in operation.

For us it means that when we are enjoying the airconditioner at night, and the generator runs out of fuel, we can stay in bed and not worry about someone cutting a security cable and walking away with the generator, while we thought all was well until morning.

Your situation may lend itself to a weldmesh box (for use during opertion) inside a dropside protective sealed box (for protection from the elements and stones when not in use), and in which case the above regarding our setup will probably prove irrelevent.

At the end of the day though, locks were only meant to keep honest people honest.

I have loaded a picture of our boxes under the Pictures tab.

If you want any particulars on our setup, send me a Member Message.

Hope yours works out for you.