Wet Bowl or Dry Bowl?
When shutting down my generator from its monthly exercise, it occurred to me that I might have it wrong. I have been shutting off the fuel valve and letting it run dry. This means that a small amount...
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I have a 4400 watt genset in the stick house to power the well, septic sump pump, freshwater treatment etc etc during weather related outages.
Homelite generator with the optional Honda 4 cycle engine.
It was purchased in 1997, has had one new fuel tank (rust!) in the early years, and yearly oil changes. I think I have had the plugs changed two perhaps three times. A very small solar panel hanging on the stair rail (only gets at most a couple of hours of sun during the winter) connected without a regulator to the starting battery We are now on our third battery. Fuel stabilizer is added to the fuel
I have never drained the bowl. It is started and run with a 1500 watt heater load once a month or when I remember. It has never failed to start and run.
Homelite generator with the optional Honda 4 cycle engine.
It was purchased in 1997, has had one new fuel tank (rust!) in the early years, and yearly oil changes. I think I have had the plugs changed two perhaps three times. A very small solar panel hanging on the stair rail (only gets at most a couple of hours of sun during the winter) connected without a regulator to the starting battery We are now on our third battery. Fuel stabilizer is added to the fuel
I have never drained the bowl. It is started and run with a 1500 watt heater load once a month or when I remember. It has never failed to start and run.
