IIRC, the batteries can be removed in mine and then I can use the pull thingy without having the battery. Nice to have the option of either.
The Honda pull starts so effortlessly that a push button battery option is truly not needed. But whatever rocks your boat or trailer...
I am in the battery starter camp. My honda was great but aftwr many years of use it got harder to start. If it had a battery start i would have kept it longer
I will try mine later. I never used the pull thingy.
I wonder, did you operate it using gasoline? Our generator has never tasted gasoline. It currently starts right up with a single light pull.
Great on email. They responded quite quickly. I had to wait a couple of days but only because I sent the email on a Saturday when they were closed. I heard from them via email on the first Monday, in the early afternoon. Just after I modified the wire starter cable to be a 4-pin series cable (as expected!).
My EFI gennies are gasoline only. Will not work with propane. I assume propane is better for quick starting.
For sure...and it doesn’t destroy the fuel system over time or smell bad in your campsite...
It was a gas only generator
I think that explains the degradation in performance that you experienced. Both diesel and gasoline fuel work well if continuously used in a vehicle that is frequently driven. However, for a generator application where the generator isn't often used for long periods, these fuels destroy the fuel system over time. The only remedy is scheduled maintenance to clean and repair the fuel system frequently.
I find gasoline, untreated, lasts for years, but best to not use when cold if it has ethanol in it (colder weather makes fuel phase separation MUCH worse). But the gas station the closest to me here sells 87 octane with NO (0.00%) ethanol. Costs a little more, of course than their other 87 octane with ethanol.
I hope to remember to run mine for close to an hour every month. It will waste little energy because I will use it to charge one of my seven EVs. And this will also help keep the battery in the gennies charged. But I do have external chargers. This will also help give me room for more fresh gasoline sooner.
And I bet you will not notice any difference without the Sta-Bil. An exception could be if very cold, as sta-bil is supposed to help with fuel phase separation. If that claim is true or not, I have no idea.
All I can say is that it works for me.
I agree! When a common well-believed superstition works well, nothing is lost by using it!
Now that you mention it, we had the same positive experience with our motorcycles too. They always started up fine. But they were Japanese (Honda and Suzuki) and they didn't see much inactivity as we used them for commuting to work to defeat Seattle area traffic congestion. And of course, they had powerful batteries and powerful starting motors...and no rope handle starting option...I agree! When a common well-believed superstition works well, nothing is lost by using it!
Some of my ICE motorcycles are not used for around a year. They always start right up, but that is normally during warmer weather. No additives ever.
BTW, I got this way when I purchased my 1971 BMW motorcycle (May, 1971). I read the warranty. It clearly said "if ANY additives are used in the gasoline or any of the oils, for any reason, the warranty is void".
-Don- Reno, NV
