portable generators?

January 05, 2008 at 12:39 PM by Aintitthetruth | Posted in Engineering

Q: I'm wanting to make a portable food cart that can house a coffee maker and a small 1 cubic refrigerator. Batteries seem like a bad idea since they die fast with that much power needed. Im thinking generators might work since you can just fill it up with gas when you need too. But how noisey would a Powermate 2500 Premium Series be? its onmly a 90 pound generator.

January 07, 2008 at 11:08 AM by Warren914

A: Propane appliances would likely be less expensive to operate than trying to use an electric generator.
If you go with a small gasoline powered generator, look at the Honda lineup. They have possibly the lowest noise level available.

2 Comments

  • Chuck says:
    January 05, 2008 at 12:00 AM
    They are noisy - and you would not want to run it indoors.
  • Numbat says:
    January 05, 2008 at 12:00 AM
    If it was me, I would approach an existing food cart and ask how they go about this There is nothing like getting advice from someone that has already faced the same problems.

    Just why you need a generator is not clear. I would have...

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