I have a small Sportsman inverter/generator that I use as a backup for my Honda EU2000i. It's a Chinese made 1000 watt unit and I've had it for probably close to a decade and I like it because it's handy and light.
Last week I fired it up after our long winter to exercise it for an hour or so powering a 500 watt shop light. All was good until I returned to find the generator not running. I figured that the low oil level switch had cut it off as I have known them to be finicky in the past. After topping up the oil it fired right back up but was not generating power. I tried to flash it using the power drill method to no avail.
This generator was only $149 so it's not the end of the world but if you guys have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
Last week I fired it up after our long winter to exercise it for an hour or so powering a 500 watt shop light. All was good until I returned to find the generator not running. I figured that the low oil level switch had cut it off as I have known them to be finicky in the past. After topping up the oil it fired right back up but was not generating power. I tried to flash it using the power drill method to no avail.
This generator was only $149 so it's not the end of the world but if you guys have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
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