Yes. I put one on my Perkins 4108 generator in a stupid moment. Plus you have all the time making a mounting for the pump, finding a new crank pulley and stuffing it all into where the engine is. With an electric, it can be anywhere. The issue is to make water with an electric HP pump, the generator has a reasonable load with battery charging and house loads. But when just making water with an engine driven pump the generator is running fairly fast with a light load. Eventually leading to glazed cylinders. When I have a bunch of people on board the water use is high and I end up running the generator mostly for the pump. It was easier to balance the load with an electric pump. I'm going back to an electric pump. Actually I'm going to dump both my generators and get a Detroit 2-71, 1200 rpm, It can run under a light load forever.
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