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dragonflyspit
Explorer
Jul 13, 2013

Short Lifespan of Harbor Freight 800 watt Generators

I'm wondering if someone knows why these cheap little generators put out fewer and fewer watts over their little 100 to 150 hour lifespans. I've run through about ten of them. Every one of them ha...
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I_am_still_wayn
Explorer
Jul 13, 2013
dragonflyspit wrote:
I'm wondering if someone knows why these cheap little generators put out fewer and fewer watts over their little 100 to 150 hour lifespans.

I've run through about ten of them.


Because they are cheap Chinese junk!

You bought 10 of them?

At $130 each, you could now have a very nice Honda or Yamaha with money in your pocket and a working generator!

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