Thought I should update my situation. I took the gen back to Sams and just got a refund. I don't like to buy something and wish I really had something else. I prob won't use a gen that much anyway as we don't camp a whole lot, but if I buy another small inverter gen I'll just spring and get the Honda or Yamaha. Even though CPE's customer service was great and they were more than willing to send me the replacement part, it just left a real bad taste in my mouth that it died the 2nd day of operation.
Thanks for all the info guys!
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