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Generator review

The generator arrived undamaged, but with a few issues. I hooked up the battery and added oil and fuel to the engine, but the owner’s manual did not really explain what position the fuel shut off valve should be located in to be turned on. I had to disconnect the hose in order to discover this (by the way, down is on). I then pulled the choke and turned the key - nothing happened. The battery would not operate the starter (probably from being stored for a long period of time). I was able to start it by hand after quite a few pulls and it seemed to run fine. I shut it off after a couple of minutes so that I could get a meter to check voltage outputs from the 12 volt and 120 volt plugs. When I returned, I pulled the cord hundreds of times and could not get it to restart. After it cooled off for a while, I was able to get it to restart, but after shutting it down again it would not restart again. I finally gave up and put it on a battery charger overnight. With the battery up to voltage, it seems to start up just fine, but I do not trust it to start without the starter at this time. I am not sure if it gets better with when it gets broken in, but I expected easier manual starting than this is giving. For what it is worth it works fine once it is started.

Update (2/8/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Kipor IG3000E 3000-Watt Generator Open Frame Inverter Lawn & Patio, was written by John Hutchinson.

The average rating for this item is 3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.