Ah pity, I rebuilt one for a lot less than that, parts are a lot cheaper if you shop about, labour is the killer!
Yeah prob best to replace it and have a go at rebuilding it yourself, if only for practice if you get it right then you have a nice shiney spare one!
I've had great results with a stephill (honda engined) 1.5kw inverter generator
picked it up used for £100
also is your gen burning oil (blue/grey smoke from exhaust) if so may just need piston rings and/or a barrel.
I also pop mine on the side window (Inside) when using it, receives great signal, I think its about 15 devices max, there are plenty of tweeky options in the main menu
mines for 25gb over two devices (the router and the phone) comes to about £36 a month this inc the Osprey 2 and mobile phone bill too, they piggybacked the deal onto my existing phone contract.
I'm using two breakers on mine, one on the + in of the panels and one on the + output of the controller, not much else needed really
These also act as isolators at the push of a button ^.^
I'm using a bank of semi traction 225ah batteries, having very good results with these beasts!
Had some Lion sealed calcium 110ah ones before, they failed far too quick
These are good too! you can just plug them into the 12v sockets when and where you need them without any mods, they also support 1A and 2A output
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Twin-Dual-2-Port-USB-3-1A-12V-Car-Auto-Socket-Lighter-Charger-Adapter-/141728947281?hash=item20ffb41c51:g:HDoAAOSwgQ9Vte2H
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