On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:14:04 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

They say my EU2000i generator was flooded. They drained the carb and supposidly all is well. I'll try it tomorrow when these heavy winds die down.
BTW..didn't realize that the unit pumps more gas in each time you pull the starter cord... no wonder it got flooded. The question is...why did it die after running for 2 or three minutes. Maybe I eased the choke back a bit and turned on the 'Econo' mode before it was fully warmed up.
Mechanic sys to run it each week and counter guy now says to swap out gas for fresh hi test on a monthly basis. D'oh..if I had realized how much trouble these things are for extremely low usage, I might have invested in a few big batteries and a good inverter.


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Depending on your power needs, big batteries and an inverter can be a
good solution. If your average draw is less than 600 watts or so (50
amps at 12 volts), you could keep the batteries charged up with the
alternator on your vehicle. I used to do that once in a while before
I had a generator, running jumper cables under the garage door to the
batteries inside. I'd recommend using a sine wave inverter.

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