champion 3100 fuel consumption

mrad wrote:
Just curious what others have been finding as to how long it will run on a full tank an low watt usage? The manual says 8 hours on 1.5 gallons of gas. I use mine in the winter to keep power in our fish house and was hoping I wouldn't have to run out at 5:00 am in -10 weather to refill. I did use it last weekend and did get one tank that ran at least 11 hours when we were just running light, satellite, and TV. Using the 1,400 watt pizza cooker for about an hour seemed to knock the run time down to about 7-8 hours.

Champion says the 75531i's will run 8 hours on a tank of gas (1.6 gallons) at 25 percent load (5.8a/700w).

After using my 75531i for the last couple of years:

Approx. 4 hours runtime with a nearly continuous load of approx. 20-22 amps. The 75531i is rated at 23.3 amps/2800w.

As much as 10-11 hours runtime with a minimal load of approx. 2 amps.

Where were you fishing last weekend it was -10? I'm surprised last weekend that your generator didn't melt it's way through the ice in 10 hours. If you google extended run gas caps you will find that there is a company in Elk River that makes a nice aluminum replacement cap that you can plug the hose from a standard 6 gallon outboard tank to generators, They make them for Honda, Yamaha, Ryobi and Champion. It's the same cap Northern Tool sells as part of their kit that comes with the tank, hose and cap. I use a 3 gal tank on a Honda 2000 to get through the night when I am hunting.

8-9 hours if we just have it connected to the RV and aren't using AC power a whole lot. That's with the eco throttle switch on.

oops wrong genset. I'd love one of these.