What should I do about generator exercising?
I left home over month and half ago. I exercise my generator once a month per Honda's manual at 1/2 load. I'm stuck in a park until some parts come in over a different issue. So I can't (or shoul...
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I have a Honda 2000 that sat for 4-1/2 years without starting that was stored a long ways from home. It took 4 - 5 pulls to start on the gas that was in it. Have used it a couple of times since then, it works fine.
Exercising a generator once a month is optimum, but look at all of the generators that are stored some place far from where the owner is most of the time. They only get started every six months if they're lucky. I'm mainly referring to all of the MHs stored in AZ. The snowbirds arrive in late fall to pick them up, use them all winter, put them in storage for the summer, and fly home again. It's not the end of the world.
Bill
Exercising a generator once a month is optimum, but look at all of the generators that are stored some place far from where the owner is most of the time. They only get started every six months if they're lucky. I'm mainly referring to all of the MHs stored in AZ. The snowbirds arrive in late fall to pick them up, use them all winter, put them in storage for the summer, and fly home again. It's not the end of the world.
Bill
