Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.

True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


"cosy"?

The carb is probably fouled.

Say What?
The thing is only two months old and I had only run it once since buying it.

On 3/13/18 8:14 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i
generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled
with it for at least an hour.Â* Had it going a half dozen times but it
would surge a bit and then die.Â* Checked my manual and I was doing
everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running
in January no problem.Â* Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm
lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


"cosy"?

The carb is probably fouled.

You really shouldn't be commenting on the language skills of other
posters, Alex, since yours are barely at the junior high school level.

"Cosy" is a Briticism of sorts. It is the British way of spelling the
word "cozy" as used in the United States. Since Canada uses the Queen's
English, spelling "cozy" "cosy" is neither unusual nor incorrect.

On 3/13/18 7:37 PM, True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


Could this be the issue?

"The manual for the Honda EU2000 clearly states this, but you need to be
sure you adjust that little circular knob on the Fuel Cap to the
operating position or the generator will certainly quit after a few
minutes operation."

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/13/18 7:37 PM, True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator
out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for
at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a
bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right.
Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no
problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


Could this be the issue?

"The manual for the Honda EU2000 clearly states this, but you need to be
sure you adjust that little circular knob on the Fuel Cap to the
operating position or the generator will certainly quit after a few
minutes operation."


Probably did not turn off the fuel and let generator runout all the fuel in
the lines. Lesson learned the hard way. Had to dip and clean the carb.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/13/18 8:14 PM, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i
generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled
with it for at least an hour.Â* Had it going a half dozen times but it
would surge a bit and then die.Â* Checked my manual and I was doing
everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running
in January no problem.Â* Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm
lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


"cosy"?

The carb is probably fouled.

You really shouldn't be commenting on the language skills of other
posters, Alex, since yours are barely at the junior high school level.

"Cosy" is a Briticism of sorts. It is the British way of spelling the
word "cozy" as used in the United States. Since Canada uses the Queen's
English, spelling "cozy" "cosy" is neither unusual nor incorrect.




Maybe commenting on having a generator stored in a cosy/ cozy spot in the
den. Most store it in the garage or shed. No fuel smells that way.

On Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:51:21 UTC-3, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/13/18 7:37 PM, True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator
out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for
at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a
bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right.
Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no
problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


Could this be the issue?

"The manual for the Honda EU2000 clearly states this, but you need to be
sure you adjust that little circular knob on the Fuel Cap to the
operating position or the generator will certainly quit after a few
minutes operation."


Probably did not turn off the fuel and let generator runout all the fuel in
the lines. Lesson learned the hard way. Had to dip and clean the carb.

I did exactly as the manual indicated...nothing less and nothing more.
Closing the little vent on the fuel cap is supposed to take the place of an actual fuel tap.

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:37:09 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.

How old is the fuel? Did you drain it and run it dry in January?

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:35:19 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/13/18 7:37 PM, True North wrote:
Just lost power for 2 hrs. Got my new expensive Honda EU2000i generator out from it's nice cosy warm spot in the den and struggled with it for at least an hour. Had it going a half dozen times but it would surge a bit and then die. Checked my manual and I was doing everything right. Fiddled with the choke to no avail. I had it running in January no problem. Back to the Honda dealer as soon as the storm lets up...tomorrow or Thursday.
I paid the big money for this model to get reliability.


Could this be the issue?

"The manual for the Honda EU2000 clearly states this, but you need to be
sure you adjust that little circular knob on the Fuel Cap to the
operating position or the generator will certainly quit after a few
minutes operation."

That may be right. No vent. If in doubt, take the cap off.