3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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I talk to the Parts Pro at Advance Auto Parts where I work part time as AM and he says his good friend owns a lawn mower repair shop and he says that we should use premium fuel in all our small engines.
But other posts here lead me to believe otherwise.
I've gotta feeling that the lawnmower guy only sees engines that won't start or start hard only because their owners neglect them and don't use a stabilizer. So he attributes it 87 octane.
BTW: I am a private pilot and 100LL means 100 Octane-Low Lead it is light blue in color.
So I stick to the manufacturer's recommendation and use Regular gas.
There was another great post on this thread about octane & it made a great deal of sense to me
As far as oil, I use Mobil 1 V-Twin 20W-50 Synthetic. It's engineered for air cooled engines and my Harley's always liked it.
I also went to a cooler plug NGK B8ES (2411)+ I use an engine meter to monitor rpm & hours.
I'm not an RV'er per say, but I do use my gen at hunting camp.
But I bought it primarily to provide back-up power here on Amelia Island.
We have an inordinate amount of power outages here. Plus the last couple years multiple tropical storms that caused extended outages in many places.
So my gen "lives" in the shed you see being lifted over my house. But that's a whole 'nother story.
I back feed my panel from the shed using 10 gauge UF. Separate breaker in the house panel and a GFI in the shed.
Have Fun!!
KenS
But other posts here lead me to believe otherwise.
I've gotta feeling that the lawnmower guy only sees engines that won't start or start hard only because their owners neglect them and don't use a stabilizer. So he attributes it 87 octane.
BTW: I am a private pilot and 100LL means 100 Octane-Low Lead it is light blue in color.
So I stick to the manufacturer's recommendation and use Regular gas.
There was another great post on this thread about octane & it made a great deal of sense to me
As far as oil, I use Mobil 1 V-Twin 20W-50 Synthetic. It's engineered for air cooled engines and my Harley's always liked it.
I also went to a cooler plug NGK B8ES (2411)+ I use an engine meter to monitor rpm & hours.
I'm not an RV'er per say, but I do use my gen at hunting camp.
But I bought it primarily to provide back-up power here on Amelia Island.
We have an inordinate amount of power outages here. Plus the last couple years multiple tropical storms that caused extended outages in many places.
So my gen "lives" in the shed you see being lifted over my house. But that's a whole 'nother story.
I back feed my panel from the shed using 10 gauge UF. Separate breaker in the house panel and a GFI in the shed.
Have Fun!!
KenS
