Hi everybody. Trying to get the boat ready for carpin. Looking at Wen genny. Its rated 3500 watts but also states something about running at 3000watts. Do I base my usage at 80% of 3500? While at the classic I was told to use GE350 ultra bulbs in the fixtures. The local Lowe's only has 300 sylvania or something like that. Are the Ge that much better? Im trying to run eight lights at 350 watts, will this work. Also using 2 12 gague woods extension cords rated at 15amps each to feed them power? Enjoyed meeting everyone at board meeting and the classic. Also noticee the genny has wheels, do they come off and do I put it on the back seat of can it sit on the floor? Thanks

Howdy Mike. The 3500 number is the highest output that generator is supposed to make. It should be limited to no more than20-30 minutes at this amount.

The 3000 Wattnumber is what it is rated to run continuously. This is the number that you would take 80% of to get the longest life out of your genny. So you would want no more than 2400 Watts of lights. You could run 8 - 300's.

Yes, the GE lights are that much better. I've heard that they stopped making them though.[:@]So maybe it'd be best if you didn't get used to them.

The 12 guage cords will be plenty.

The wheels are probably not installed when you get it. The ones I've had just use a cotter key to hold the axle in. They are very easy to remove.

Yes, it can sit on the floor. Two things to keep in mind are not to let the muffler get too close to anything. It will put out enough heat to weaken aluminum. And you will want to put something like a rubber mat under the genny to reduce vibration that will be transmitted though the hull of the boat.

BTW, welcome to the asylum.

Is that the truth or do you want all of the leftovers on the shelf for yourself????

Thanks carpsniper. I am really getting the bug to go. Had planned to go to clinton lake this weekend but weather looks iffy. How concerned does one need to be with a rain shower on this setup? I have been known to spend the entire day in my gortex rain gear, but I would imagine that rain and electric may not mix?

Well, I can tell you that I have had a set-up like this out in a pouring rain with the lights and genny running. I'm talking rain so heavy that we just stopped fishing until it let up.

Clinton? You should check out Storey and give us a report.

I would rather try storey, but assumed that the water temp will dictate the fish. Can you have success right after ice out. If so I'll definetly try it, because that is in my back yard.

BTW, I'm not saying it's the best or recomending to run your genny in the rain. I kept expecting it to bog way down and fish to start shooting outta the water.

I just got the CIRFCU back with the new Yamaha variable horse power outboard. Now it's time to get to work on the rest of it so I can be ready to whup up at rend.

mikegofish, I have had huge success right after ice out bass fishing. But in my experience around here it is not that way for carp. This time of the year you will do better at night. The water is just not warm enough for them to come up during the day. Seems like on a warmer day they will come up after dark into the warmer water. Example I went out two mondays ago on a nice 40 plus day and did not see one fish. Went out the following Sunday night it was 36 degrees and we shot 22 fish.

Good luck and let us know how you do. My experience with Storey is that it is best early. It is shallow and weeds up quickly and the algae sometimes stains the water pretty bad.

Just got back from storey. Elblanko. Tried out my new lights. I got quite a bit of reflection from the bank back onto the surface of the water. I think that I was doing it correctly but the water appeared stained and difficult to see deeper. Was my first time with the night thing and not quite sure of myself. Didn't see a single carp. Maybee we need a good week of warmth. I am assuming that they will be fairly shallow at night? I can't wait to see some because half the time it was hard to see bottom, but I imagine if there were a big fish there he would show up?