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On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 4:48:20 PM UTC-5, Jim Wilkins wrote:


How loud is it?
-jsw

Not all that loud. If it were outside and I were inside with the
windows closed, it would be barely noticeable by me or my neighbors.

Dan

I took a chance on the HF 2200W inverter generator #61169, $399.99
with a coupon. Hopefully it will be unnoticeably quiet from the street
under my usual wintertime load of less than 200W and able to run the
A/C or microwave if we have a summer hurricane outage. Ideally my
APC1400 UPS will accept its output quality and recharge the batteries.
It rejects AC from the engine-governor-regulated Colemans even at its
lowest sensitivity.

I drained and examined the residual factory oil and found a few shiny
flecks and one larger black one. The ones I checked weren't magnetic.
I haven't filtered it yet to concentrate them. The oil is dark enough
to suggest they continually reuse it.

There appears to be some sort of filter or strainer above the oil
drain plug, pressed in by a spring that makes reinstalling the plug a
two oily hand job. The exploded diagram calls it a "Fuel Filter Asm."

Now, Arctic weather permitting, I have to give it a thorough checkout
while it can be returned.

-jsw