Any Predator Generator reviews?
Now when my build-in Generac died and even new $350 board is not fixing it, I am researching more reasonable option. $500 inverter generator have excelent reviews and some say it runs smaller AC jus...
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Old Islander wrote:
I bought a new genny this spring for our 9' camper. We don't have A/C so didn't need a 2000+ watt machine. I looked at Honda and Yamaha, and balked at the price. Finally bought a 1500 watt Firman from Home Depot on sale for $249 (Can) which included delivery to the front door. It has a 3 year Home Depot warranty. I could buy four of these for what one equivalent wattage Honda or Yamaha would cost in Canada...
After bragging up this genny earlier this year, I am now eating crow. The third time we used it in late October, it ran for a few minutes and I heard it 'hunting' and wanting to quit. Discovered gas running out the bottom of the tank's off/on valve, and being sucked into the air cooling intake just below. About a half gal had leaked out. Turns out one of the machine screws on the valve was stripped. So the entire inside of this genny is now coated in gas -- it's lucky it didn't catch fire and turn into an inferno. It'll be going back this week, and that's the last cheap Chinese machine I ever buy....
