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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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DSchmidt_2000
Explorer
Jul 14, 2013
Well, officially we don't know for sure. OP needs to post if the RPM's are lower or the same. A kill-a-watt to measure the output freq would seal the hypothesis. Also knowing what the load is would help as I would expect the RPM's would be load dependent with increasing backpressure.

It may not be carbon buildup but it is certainly a path to take. Saying that it is DEFINITELY it is just a guess too.

OP really needs to do some measuring and trouble shooting and not just blindly replace.

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