Originally Posted By: JimPghPA
Reading through that manual is shows that the electric generation section is based on an armature consisting of 16 permanent magnets that is factory balanced, and 4 non rotating field coils.
Since the armature is made of permanent magnets, and does NOT rely on residual magnetism like many of the 3600 RPM machines, there is no worry of it loosing residual magnetism if it sits for a long time (like a couple of years) between uses.
So if the carburetor is properly prepared for long term storage (StaBil and or RedLine SL1 was use in the fuel and the carb ran dry and then drained). I also spray some WD-40 down the very small idle air circuit hole, and some on the main jet where it exits into the air flow. And the cylinder is prepared for storage by spraying some StaBil fogging oil down the plug hole and pulling the rope with a rag over the plug hole, the putting the plug in and pulling the rope a few times, then lightly pulling the rope and stopping with the engine on a compression stroke so the valves are closed (both to not have the valve springs being compressed during storage, and to close off the cylinder from having ambient air enter and leave due to changes in atmospheric air pressure caused by weather, possibly resulting in water condensing out of the air and into the cylinder).
Getting back to the original thought of that last long run on paragraph. So if the carburetor and cylinder are properly prepared for storage, and it is stored somewhere safe from bad weather, this type of inverter generator should be able to sit for many years and still be reliable when it is needed.
Like the military, you could cover it with cosmolene?
