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Re: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
Thought I should update my situation. I took the gen back to Sams and just got a refund. I don't like to buy something and wish I really had something else. I prob won't use a gen that much anyway as we don't camp a whole lot, but if I buy another small inverter gen I'll just spring and get the Honda or Yamaha. Even though CPE's customer service was great and they were more than willing to send me the replacement part, it just left a real bad taste in my mouth that it died the 2nd day of operation. Thanks for all the info guys! ...315Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
MrRchitty wrote: That is too bad that happened. I would say try the new module. It has updated programming. Sams will exchange that no problem. They did for me. Mine wasn't the module, though. Based on Professors testing and videos I'd go for the module. Both of my 2000i 's have production dates of July 2010. Good luck and keep us posted. Randall Hmm, i must have missed these points, what would the "updated programming" gain me? Im assuming the gen Sams swaps out for me will be the same as mine and have the "outdated programming"? I just called and Sams will replace it no problem, but if there is a big benifit in this "updated programming" maybe I should just have CPE send me a new module. But, would it be guaranteed to have the new programming? My luck I'd do the whole swap out with CPE and get a module with the same programming as the one I could have swapped out at Sams the same day as opposed to waiting the prob two week turn around for the swap. ....340Views0likes0CommentsRe: The Official unofficial CPE 2000i Generator Thread
Guys, I just signed up here to post my feedback of the champion 2000i genset. I was looking for a generator to take on a camping trip last weekend. I was doing a google search on the hondas and found this thread. I read a lot of the posts, though not all 151 pages. Based on all the positive comments here I bought one at sams club on tue the 7th. We took it camping this past weekend and I ran it most all evening and all night thursday with the only load being two floor fans like you'd use in your house and charging my iPhone. It ran the while time on Eco mode. I changed the oil Friday morning making sure I had the oil level correct and ran it a few times throughout the day on Friday. I started it up Friday night and it ran about 3 seconds and quit. When the gen quit and I tried to restart it I could feel a noticeable amount of drag when pulling the recoil cord. I had to really pull hard & fast with both hands to get it to even attempt to fire, but it never would restart. I checked the oil level, air filter, spark plug, and drained the carb float bowl, nothing I did resolved the issue. To say I was disappointed and on the edge of being really mad is an understatement. I packed the gen up and didn't look at it the rest of the night. I called champion today and they told me to disconnect the white plug with the large gauge wires behind the rear panel and try starting the gen. Sure enough it fired right up and the noticeable drag on the recoil rope was gone, it pulled as easy as it had before. I shut the gen off, reconnected the white plug and the issue returned, heavy drag and no starting. They told me the "electrical module" needed to be replaced. They offered without hesitation to send me a RMA box for me to ship the defective part to them and once they had it, they'd send me the replacement part. I replied that this particular genset not lasting past the second day of operation has left a bad taste in my mouth and I'd rather just try and return it to sams for a new one. They said they understood completely and if I had any troubles to call them back and they'd replace the part. I am going to try and return it tomorrow. After getting sonmuch good info from this thread I kinda felt like I should share my experience with you guys incase someone else has the same issue. From all the positive feedback here about this gen, I am sure I just got a bad one and hope I'll have much better service out of the next one. Edited to add the details of my gen.... Model: 73531i Serial: 10JUL2500488 MFG Date: 2010-07 (please excuse any bad grammar as I posted this on my iphone) ...340Views0likes0Comments
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