Taryl and Honda generators

The more complex the device, the sooner its components become unavailable.

Suffice to say, Honda inverter generators are generally reliable. But if they break, hope and pray it doesn't happen after the warranty.

Seems just abt every consumer electronic gizmo is becoming disposable nowadays. TVs are another good example. Costs more to fix than their worth.

Good to hear Champion parts are still available for reasonable costs.

Instead of calling this generator a CycloConverter, Taryl called it a CycloInverter and even specifically referred to it as an Inverter generator. According to my Honda catalog, the EB3000C is not an inverter generator. Am I missing something, or is Taryl's brain as goofy as his looks. Needless to say, I didn’t finish watching the video past the two minute mark.

One could say that the CycloConverter is the predecessor to the modern inverter generator, but without the DC portion. It's more primitive in terms of design and output quality but some of the ideas found on modern inverters are there.... 3-phase, high-frequency stator, while the cycloconverter module chops up the output waveform from the stator to generate a new AC waveform with a lower (ie. 60Hz) frequency.

And because there's a direct relationship between the input frequency and output frequency, the engine on the CycloConverter needs to be running at a constant RPM (3600 RPM), unlike a true inverter where the DC section acts as a buffer to which a DC-to-AC circuit digitally creates a new AC waveform from scratch.

And I think Taryl isn't half-wrong about calling it a cycloinverter... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloconverter

Also: https://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/cycloconverter

The watch I wear most of the time lately is an automatic mechanical Tissot. In the owner's manual they indicate that from the stoppage date of a watch's production, they guarantee the availability of it's spare parts for a minimum period of 10 years for standard watches, and for a period of up to 20 years for gold watches.
I wish Honda did better standing behind it's discontinued products.

That's probably why they have great resale value. They're like investing in stocks.

If it survives until you don't need it, you can sell high. But if an expensive part breaks while you own it, your 'investment' tanks... and you either reinvest (buy the new part) or just sell low and cut your losses.

Colt Carson said:

I wish Honda did better standing behind it's discontinued products.

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I'm still keeping all of these running just fine... They almost never need parts, and when they do I've been able to find them.
https://www.powerequipmentforum.com...x-gm2200i-vs-predator-2000.26533/#post-106508