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    Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 5:49am
There are other options for generators that work well and cost much less. It doesn't have to be red to work. Don't regret to much.
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Gone, that fast.  The ad was taken down this afternoon.  He had them advertised as a pair of generators.  Nowhere in the description or title did it say Honda.  The pic clearly showed to eu2000i's paralleled together.  Someone knew what they wanted and went for it right away.  Oh well, you snooze you lose.
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Run each one under high load, like an electric heater.  Then try them together with two heaters.  Try eco mode and normal mode.  If that is all OK I would go for it.
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Someone in my area just listed the pair of units for 1800 in the local classifieds.  Obviously the American units as they show the companion.  under 10hours of usage.  My only hold back is if I need warranty work done, Honda Canada wont honour them.  I know it's a honda but if in the future something needs to be done, would  be paying out of pocket.  Is there anything I should look for when viewing?  DOes it matter what gas he's used, whether ethanol free or not.. If they run good when I view,  is that a pretty good indication that they are fine?  Any advice?  THey are probably not going to last too long.
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For what it's worth: I have a Honda 2000w generator from 1983. Still starts on the first pull. All my friends borrow it for their power outages. Not a camper model - but reliable. If we do get one for the r-pod, my wife says it has to be a Honda.
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Luckily I had no problem selling the idea to my wife.  When we moved in to our current house neighbors had stories of being w/o power for weeks after an ice storm.  Then we lost power every month for the first 6 months including in the middle of an open house we hosted for everyone on our road.  Half the food we bought was never served because most needed an oven (ours is electric) and the stuff we put on the grill never got cooked because we immediately ran out of propane!
 
We got a whole-house genset within a few months of that, and had the grill hooked up to the same 500 gallon LPG tank at the same time.  I have two more backups now, too.  Both of them are a lot cheaper to operate than the big genset during long outages.
 
Oh, and after getting that big genset we didn't lose power again for 2 years...
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Posts: 27 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Sep 2013 at 10:22am
I'm going to play that card tonight. Lol.
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If you don't have a backup in case you lose electricity due to a snow or ice storm up there, that would be my rationale for buying now...
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Had a DRZ400 supermoto and was warned about using regular Stabil.  Think the rationale was that it didn't really protect against the ethanol and the Marine Stabil was the way to go as it provided protection from the ethanol. Worked for me. Left the bike up for 8 months and it started up first push of the starter.

Anyway back to the gennie.  Looks like the Queen of the castle has put the Kaibosh on it till  next season.  Stated it would just end up sitting over the winter anyway.  Rational, I guess.  I put my foot down, and said, "yes dear, next year it is."  Because I am the King, right?  Bummer, thougth i was getting a new toy.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Sep 2013 at 8:41pm
Try PRI-G. It's way better than stabil in my opinion..
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