"Wayne B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:04:27 -0400, wrote:

Honda is just another piece of foreign made ****.

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Not at all. Small Honda engines are some of the world's best.
Allowed to sit with stale, untreated fuel, they will gum up the carb
however, just like any other engine. Don't ask me how I know.

:-)

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Yup, my vote goes to whatever little engine Honda uses in the small
inverter type generators.

I originally bought the EU-2000i back when we had the house in Florida
and Wilma arrived.
The little Honda ran 24 hours a day for over a week, keeping the
refrigerator cold, the DirectTV receiver and plasma TV running plus
provided power for a couple of lights. When I needed coffee, I'd
unplug the refrig temporarily, make a pot of coffee, the plug the
refrig back in. It was shut off twice a day, once in the morning and
once in the evening for re-fueling.

When I returned to MA, we started the pool installation project. The
landscapers used 4-inch thick bluestone for the pool surround and
patio areas.
They "borrowed" the little Honda generator and used it everyday, all
summer to provide power to the cut-off saw used to cut and shape each
of the 4-inch stones. There are well over a hundred of them.

After that project, the Honda was put away with the Sta-Bil in it. I
figured the thing was probably worn out. Not so, as I have discovered
during "Sandy". Hooked it up in a similar way as during Wilma and
it has been running flawlessly at the low, "Economy" RPM, powering a
refrig, three lights, a DirectTV receiver and TV and ... this computer
and the wireless router. The only time it kicks up momentarily to
full RPM is when the compressor in the refrig kicks on. After the
compressor starts, it drops back down to the "Economy" RPM. We have
it sitting out in the driveway. In the house we can't hear it running
at all.

If it ever dies, I'll be first in line to buy another one.