From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 8/13/2024 4:30 PM, Ted Heise wrote:   
      
   > So here's an update.  I went by Menard's yesterday just to look at   
   > what they had, and it just so happened that they had in stock the   
   > Westinghouse unit (and no others of similar capacity).  Taking   
   > that as a sign it was meant to be, I went ahead and bought it.   
   >   
   > Now a bit of dumbassery.  After adding oil and fuel, I could *not*   
   > get it to start--despite *many* yanks on the cord.  I pulled the   
   > spark plug to see if I'd flooded it, but it seemed fine.  Finally   
   > it occurred to me that the red light on the control panel might   
   > mean something.  It was the oil light, and when I added more oil   
   > the unit started right up.  In fairness, the dipstick goes in   
   > almost horizontally, so it's hard to read.  Plus the manual had   
   > many warnings not to overfill.   
   >   
   > I took it to the trailer this afternoon, and it does indeed put   
   > out enough power to charge the battery.  On the other hand, when I   
   > tried running the AC (with pretty much everything else off) the   
   > overload protection cut in.  So I guess if I want to run the AC   
   > I'll need to try a soft start thingy.   
      
   Yur makin' progress.   
   Looking forward to finding out if the soft start works for you.  I   
   personally don't know anyone who uses one because of all having bigger   
   generators.   
      
   BTW, I can see where they (soft start) might come in handy at various   
   camping joints.  Some of them have 20/30 amp sites.  Not sure exactly   
   what they mean by that.  I'm assuming the choice of either a regular 110   
   volt 20 amp plug or the rounded 30 amp plug.  I can see where lots of   
   people need 110, but not a 30 amp service, so it makes sense.  But, if   
   the thing actually works, in a pinch you could stay at a site that only   
   had the 20 amp service and still use it for your AC.   
      
      
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