Posted: 11/21/2010 5:15:01 PM EDT
| picked one up cheap anyone have one? How are they? |
| We've been using one of their 3500/4000 watt gennys on the hunting property to power the camper since the start of bow season. We run it Friday night thru Sunday after noon none stop. No problems so far. Uses about 2 tanks fo fuel a day. Don't know which one your looking at. Check out the reviews at Tractor Supply. |
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How are they? Plenty of opinions about them in this 912 page thread... 
I have this lil' 1.2 KW 2.4 HP model, and love it. It's compact, simple, and can run small loads without wasting a lot of fuel. 
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Quoted: We've got one of the TSC 3500/4000W models. I pull it out once a month and run it for 20-30 minutes. Change the oil once a year. It's started on the first pull every time. Haven't had occasion to really use it yet. (Knock on wood.) I have a friend that sells them at work. He's a mechanic and swears by them. Not sure if that means anything, but at that price he thinks they are a great value. He has two of them that he's been running for a while now. My dad picked one up and has had great luck with it as a generator for their horse trailer/camper and with their toy hauler (both running small fridge and AC roof unit). ETA- most gander mountains will be running these on the thanksgiving/black friday sales deal. |
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I've have a 7000w Champion I've been using for over a year. It's model 40023. Everything on the generator has been fine. I run the generator every other month for a couple hours. When I shut things down I make sure to turn the fuel petcock off and run the carb dry. If the fuel petcock is left open the carb will get gummed up and/or leak fuel over time. I did have to remove the bonded neutral and switch it to a floating neutral so that it would be compatible with my transfer switch. That was a simple 5 minute process that can easily be switched back. Champion has other models with a floating neutral. I picked mine up from Home Depot when it was on sale for $500 + free shipping. |
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How are they? Plenty of opinions about them in this 912 page thread...
I have this lil' 1.2 KW 2.4 HP model, and love it. It's compact, simple, and can run small loads without wasting a lot of fuel. http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1876/champion1500watt.jpg Yeah, I remember in another post, you said that you would be getting one. Did you ever post a review? |
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Same good report here: I have the 3500/4000W since one year. Use it almost every week-end at the hunting camp.
It always start on 1st pull and is relatively quiet. I paid half of what I paid for my 4000W house backup generator (Generac) and I like the Champion better. |
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Mine is still sitting in its box a couple years later. I figure I've got it. If it was out, I wouldn't have any use for it, so I'd be contending with stale fuel issues, etc. Plus it's easier to stack crap on it in my garage when it's in the box.
Yeah, I know I should test it and be ready. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |