My little generator showed up today

Champion 4000/3500. Anyone have one? Tips on usage? Thanks, JB

 

Not familiar with that one.

Little gas, check the oil
Make sure the main to the commercial power is off before connecting to your system
220/ 230 volts ?

Mine, I plug into the garage panel that feeds back to the house power.
Always make sure you isolate from the commercial/meter side.

 

Dave, this little bugger will be a stand-alone unit. No plans at this time to have it hook up to the house, directly.

 

Should be good for 30 amp or so.
Should run the whole house except no dryer, range , hotwater tank though.
Operate lights, fridge, microwave, tv - all together .


I run it for water off & on as needed
Lights, fridge freezers enough to keep them good.

Power companies have been hitting the ROWs hard, cutting lots of trees.
Power has been a lot more reliable the past few years.
(got a little birch, mostly cottonwood though)

 

Yup, a few extra power cords through the garage, keep some lights on and the stove blower. Alternate the fridge/freezer if required.
Luckily, I don't suffer from frequent power outages. They happen, but not for any duration. I looked at this thing for portability also. With the wheel kit, I can move it where I need to and run a grinder, saw, drill, what-have-you off of it. Now, if it will run my 110v MIG off of it, I'll be style'n!
Just looking for input at this point. Thanks, JB

 

Almost want one of the little suit case ones for moose camp now.
But then it would wipe out the quiet

 

It claims 68 dBA @ 23'. I'll bet that hooking it up to one of those "quiet" ATV mufflers would knock the noise down quite a bit. When I get the High Altitude jet for it, I'll let you know how loud it is.

 

Depending on what your state does to the gasoline, you will want to do some preventive planning. I am currently without my 7500 watt Generac due to a carb problem. Cost me $1000 bucks and in 6 months the carb was puking fuel out of the air filter. I stored it dry after using it for only 20 hours over 6 weeks. Now the manufacturer is claiming I did something to cause the problem. No warranty coverage.

Bottom line is find the highest octane you can and treat it if there is ethanol in it. Don't use fuel that is older than 6 months or so. I stored mine dry, but the repair shop said to store it with fuel in it. Apparently that accelerates the breakdown of the seals.

 

I have a Yamaha 2000, it is one of the little suitcase style generators. It has an idle control to idle down till more is needed. It is really quite which makes it bearable to use when I am outside. My bro in law has a 6500 watt hernia maker. It has the juice but you will not load it in the truck without issues by yourself.

All I need is the 2000 watt Yami. I do put stabilizer in the fuel and once in a while I put in some sea foam. I have heard the good and bad of which additive and came to the conclusion that I still don't know which one to use.

Even though it is a stand alone unit, I had a rv style plug made so I can leave it outside and plug into the outlet on the outside wall of the garage. On the inside of the garage is a junction box that I can plug extension cords into as needed. The outlet box is a stand alone outlet that is not connected to anything else.

 

Glad to hear you got it. Buuuuut, pics or your makin that chit up.

 

<------- has never posted pictures, anywhere. Backwoods Savage was kind enough to post some of mine a few years ago, but he's much more tech savvy than I am. I'm a dumptruck.

 

LOFL. That is good Beetle-Kill. I will take your word about the generator then.

 

I bought one recently after reading all the good reviews in the rv forum. By all acounts a pretty solid unit....especially for the price.

I have only used mine sparingly for yard work.

As for tips, change the oil when you are supposed to and run them periodically.

I did hook it up to a UPS at half load and got a very respectable 118 volts and 60.3 hertz

 

I believe Ray told me to make sure when you do run them its under load so the coils get a good work out and knock out any junk thats in there. I have done so since.

 

Yes this is correct

 

Good info., I'll note that for the future. Thanks, JB