On 2/29/2016 6:29 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:06:13 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/28/2016 9:08 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:28:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/28/2016 1:18 PM, John H. wrote:
In about an hour or so I'm off to Home Depot to buy the Honda EU2000 generator. I
know you've got one laying around somewhere, so if you're looking to get rid of that
old thing, let me know - quickly.

Sorry. I am keeping mine. Still runs fine after all these years and
some hard use in a couple of them.


I figured as much. Hope mine does the same.

I am sure it will. I also wouldn't worry too much about return
policies. Mine has never gone back to the dealer for anything,
including service, while in or out of warranty. All I've done
is change the oil a couple of times and clean and oil the air filter twice.

It still has the original spark plug in it and like I mentioned, it has
had some hard use for a couple of years being used 6-7 hours a day, 5
days a week to power the stone saw the contractors used to cut all
the bluestone for the pool. That project took all summer one year and
part of the next summer. I used it a lot last summer to power hedge
clippers and an electric weed wacker. Put it in the little trailer that
came with my riding lawn mower and I'd just drive it to where I needed
to work. I pulled the spark plug one day figuring it *must* need to be
replaced and it was fine. Even the gap was ok. Great little
generator.


Did you install an hour meter on yours?


No, but your question prompted me to try to estimate the hours on it.
My estimate of total hours is somewhere between 800 and 1,000 hrs of
running time.

After the landscaping contractors used it every day over one summer and
part of the next, it was so covered with stone dust that you could
barely see that it was red. I didn't mind because the cost of the
Honda was a small percentage of the cost of the pool, cabana and
landscaping and it was *much* better than listening to their big, noisy
contractor's generator running all day in the back yard, so I just sorta
donated it to the cause. I figured it would be done for following that.
But no.

I cleaned it up, changed the oil, cleaned the air filter and stored it
away. It sat unused for about 3, maybe 4 years. Even had gas in it to
which I had added some Stabil.

Then we had a winter storm forecast with warnings of probable power
outages. I was at the local hardware store and figured the Honda would
never start after sitting for so long so I bought the last generator
they had. They were selling like hotcakes and were getting hard to find.
Before I unboxed the new one though, I dug out the Honda, put the
choke on, pulled the starting cord
about 4 times and it fired right up. Couldn't believe it. You can't
return generators up here so I sold the new one I had bought to someone
desperate for a generator. Used the Honda non-stop during the
resulting 4 day power outage.

Last summer I used it almost every day doing yard chores and landscaping
duties in preparation for selling the house. Started on the first pull
everyday and still runs like it did when new.