Briggs & Stratton 2400W P2400 Petrol Inverter Generator $589 (Was $1299) + Delivery (Limited Store Stock for C&C) @ Bunnings

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Scrooge McDeal on 11/08/2023 - 15:43 bunnings.com.au (4665 clicks)
Last edited 11/08/2023 - 15:52 by 1 other user

I don't know who they are price matching (if they do) but after a quick google search everywhere else it's selling around $1300.
So if anyone is interested in one of this, then 55% off RRP it's a good deal in my books.

Briggs & Stratton 2400W P2400 Petrol Inverter Generator $589 (Was $1299)

Features
✓CO guard carbon monoxide shutdown - Advanced detection. Added protection. This patent-pending technology shuts down your generator when harmful levels of carbon monoxide accumulate in the generator's operating area.
✓Designed for camping - The lightweight design and quiet generator operation makes this the best backup power solution for camping and outdoor recreation.
✓Quiet power technology - Automatically adjusts engine speed based on the items you're powering. Quiet power technology further reduces noise, fuel consumption and emissions.

Enjoy the little conveniences of home anywhere. Briggs & Stratton petrol inverter generators are compact and easy to manoeuvre. While providing the power you need. These inverter generators are low maintenance, and ready for all your outdoor leisure needs.

Colour
Multi/Assorted
Model Name
P2400
Model Number
030831
Auto idle control (Yes/No)
Yes
Rated wattage peak (watts)
2400
Fuel tank capacity (L)
3.8
Low oil shutdown (Yes/No)
Yes
Wheel Kit Included (Yes/No)
Yes
Rated wattage continuous (watts)
1800
Wattage (watts)
2400
Number of circuits/outlets
3
Muffler (Yes/No)
Yes
Fuel Gauge (Yes/No)
No
Built-in inverter (Yes/No)
Yes
Engine Displacement (cc)
79
Operational volume (dB)
61

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          Ozbfan on 12/08/2023 - 11:21

          @HappyPants: My elantra's alternator is 90A ->1080W, probably similar.

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            HappyPants on 12/08/2023 - 11:33

            @Ozbfan: Thanks mate. Interesting.

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          [Deactivated] on 12/08/2023 - 20:45

          +5

          @HappyPants: Except it's a bad idea to use a car battery this way even with the engine running. The basic alternator that comes on most cars can only return a surface charge to the battery without a sustained period of driving. (Real charging only takes place at road speeds, not at idle or a slightly elevated idle by wedging something against the accelerator.) Short trips aren't even enough to recharge what it took to start the car. (Which is why so many of us also buy mains powered battery chargers.)

          i.e. Say your battery has "10,000" units of "something" and you use 10 units to start your car, then the alternator replaces 9 units over a 30 minute drive. You're now "1" unit down. The reason the whole thing still appears to be fine is because you still have 9,999 more "1" units you can drain before the battery is empty, and due to car battery design of being able to supply high current for seconds, it will seem fine until it's close to dead. This is why so many car batteries work, and work, then just die one winters day.

          Now if short trips don't replace the power it took to start the car, then NO TRIP certainly won't either. You can upgrade the alternator of course, but most people won't, and it still won't be much of an improvement while parked and not driving at road speeds, plus car batteries are still designed to pull high current for short sustained periods - not sustained drain over "long" periods (and by "long" I don't mean hours, just longer than it takes to start a car).

          So it's not just about draining and recharging like a bucket that never changes. It's also about the physical construction of the battery. If you use a car battery in this way you reduce its life. It's like punching holes in that bucket every use. It won't be long before the holes let more water out than you can put in.

          Car batteries have very thin lead plates (whereas deep cycle batteries are more robust design with thicker ones). Those thin plates can be eaten away, and must faster, under this kind of abuse. So if you used say a coffee machine a few times a day over a few days, you're pulling some really high amps out of that battery through an inverter, thus eating away the plates and reducing battery life.

          A battery is ~12V while inverters output ~240V which is about a 20 times increase. So if you increase one variable (voltage, amps, or watts) while not reducing one of the others by that same factor, then you multiply at least one of the others by that same amount.

          i.e. That espresso machine that pulls something like 1100W and 4.6 Amps from the power point back at home will now be dragging it's power needs out of a 12V source instead of a 240V source. Since 12V is 20 times less than 240V, either watts or amps must become 20 times greater because the same total power is still required. So wattage shoots up to 22,000W or current must jump to 91.7 Amps - from a 12V car battery. If the car battery has 100Ah capacity (even if fully charged which is unlikely) you can see draining 92 of them over a few minutes for a coffee isn't a great idea.

          To put that in perspective, that's enough current to start a small 4 cylinder car… to make one expresso… only the car start would have only used that much current for seconds while the coffee machine needs to do it for minutes. So depending on the device you plug into the inverter, the drain can be astronomical, completely flattening a car battery in minutes, not hours (while abusing its design and shortening its life by eating away the lead plates).

          And running the engine at the same time is like using a bandaid on a slit throat. It will only partially mitigate the punishment on the car battery. Depending on how the charging system is designed, the regulator may not even allow the alternator to "turn on"! Meaning the battery will only ever be draining - no recharging taking place like the user thinks is happening, so running the engine might be a pointless waste of fuel too.

          All this is why people who camp regularly wind up buying a deep cycle battery, which charges from solar and/or the alternator via a dedicated charging circuit, then run their inverter from that instead. So their engine still starts when it's time to go home and won't be punching holes through the plates in their car battery meaning early replacement at best, and being left stranded at worst. Or… they buy a generator.

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            HappyPants on 13/08/2023 - 10:18

            @[Deactivated]: One of the best comments on Ozbargain. Thanks for clearing so many things up. Certainly educated me on a few things. Decided to just buy this generator. I don't think I am going to regret it either.

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              [Deactivated] on 13/08/2023 - 11:53

              +1

              @HappyPants: Yeah it's cheap enough, not a terrible brand, and nice to have in home power outages and the occasional camping trip. If using more regularly like living in a motorhome/caravan I'd probably up the quality to get the overall fuel cost down.

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            Dogsrule on 13/08/2023 - 20:26

            @[Deactivated]:

            Since 12V is 20 times less than 240V, either watts or amps must become 20 times greater because the same total power is still required. So wattage shoots up to 22,000W or current must jump to 91.7 Amps - from a 12V car battery.

            Good comment except for this part. The power equation has power (watts) as the subject and voltage and current as the variables. The voltage of the source is 20 times lower than the load, so current must increase by 20x to supply the 1100W draw of the load. Power(W)=voltage X current so 12V X 91.7A = 1100W. Power can't increase 20X because it is the subject of the equation.

            Add losses through the cabling and inverter of course.

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    Francis82 on 12/08/2023 - 10:48

    Genius

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  Champ888 on 12/08/2023 - 11:34

  Is there a solar / rechargeable variant? Rebate?

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  overcoat on 12/08/2023 - 13:05

  +2

  I just collected and the chick at Bunnings said "deal of the century", but I've had better deals off OzB ;)

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  LFO on 12/08/2023 - 13:21

  Any specific info about Fuel Consumption?

  Website says "low". Not very reassuring.

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  petepumpkin on 12/08/2023 - 16:31

  +1

  I bought one. Looked like the last one at the Parafield store - though I think Munno has some left. For the price it seems like a real bargain. The reviews are pretty good as well. EDIT:> looks lik they're sold out everywher in SA. I must have got the last one eheehehe lol

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  geekcohen on 15/08/2023 - 08:03

  +1

  Looks like it got OzBargainned. Sold out almost everywhere and back to RRP now.

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