Lister Start-o-matic on eBay

Peter - Guess its a 5 hp LISTER CS 5. 2.5 kva is correct. I would say the seller read the name plate and missed the decimal point. Easy to do.

Regards,

Bob WA, USA

Definitely a typo (on the part of the plate stamper) - its a sigle cylinder 5/6HP engine, so 2.5KVA is the output - they missed out the decimal point when stamping the plate.

£550 is an >Owner reckons this is a 25KVA. Shhurley shome mishtake. Could it be a

John Ambler Sussex, UK Return E-mails to snipped-for-privacy@skiprat.net

Looking at this huge trailer borne generator, it does make one think that at least in some respects we've moved along in the modern world. The society's

2.2 kva genny, powered by an all ali Honda 160cc chain driven OHC engine can be lugged about by an aging fat man (me!) without a lot of trouble. It stands about all winter & then runs all day long - sometimes at full capacity, sometimes not & a gallon of unleaded lasts six hours.

We used a Robin engined petrol 2.2 kva to run the PA at the weekend, a good deal heavier & a gallon lasts four hours. It doesn't have a steady output, either & I had to keep fiddling with it to keep the CD players running. Less impressed!

Yes, yes, I know that the Honda unit might give trouble in the next fifty years, but I suspect it will surprise us all. It is based on the 125cc motorcycle unit, as bullet proof a bit of kit as ever moved. I used to service one that had 80,000 miles on it on its original bottom end & one rebore.

Regards,

J. Kim Siddorn,