Evernote tells me that I’ve been a bad survivalist – I haven’t run the EU2000 since June. June!! Well, I have had a lot on my mind. Anyway, I needed to run the generator for a while, run it under load, and I needed to get the leaves blown out. So…..
Let’s kill two birds with one stone.
Took about five pulls for the EU2000 to start up, but then it ran like a champ. Moved the leaves around for about a half hour and called it good. Note to self – once a month, stupid!
Some of you may wonder why the electric leaf blower rather than gas. Honestly, it’s one less engine for me to have issues with later. Plus, in this case it was a great way to run the generator under load. For those who are curious, that’s a run/hours meter on the case of the EU2000. I also keep a copy of the startup/shutdown directions fastened to the generator.
So…genny works and is ready for whatever comes. One less thing to deal with.
The general consensus of the survivalist community is that the EU2000 and the rest of the EU series from Honda are the go-to choice for small quiet generators. Indeed, I would say that whenever I read posts about people using their generators in an emergency, 90% of the time the generator they are using is the Honda. Highly recommend.
Dude, about the same time you wrote this our power went out for 3 days. 2 hours into it my 2 y.o. seldom used Honda EU3000 crapped out! I took the cover off to see if I could maybe check the fuel flow or the spark plug……..fuggit about it!!! Are you kidding me, there’s nothing under that hood that even remotely resembles a lawn mower engine for a shade tree mechanic to tinker with. I put the cover back on and took it to the dealer I bought it from……you guessed it, it’s still in the shop. Bottom line for me is I’m in the market for an additional backup generator, this time one that runs on propane. Trust me, you don’t want to face a crisis with a single generator, esp one that you can’t work on.