My wife saw a Generac 2200i inverter generator at Menards and picked it up for my birthday for $444 after the 11% discount. I ran the included oil in it for a tank worth of fuel. Dumped the oil this afternoon, it definitely had some greyness going on with some flecks of silver, glad I changed it. I decided to run super tech 5w-30 synthetic in it since it’s the oil weight the manual suggests and I always have a jug on hand.
Do any of you guys own a Generac 2200? What oil are you running? Any issues or things to look out for with this generator?
So far I like it, easy to start, it’s light, it’s quiet and came with lots of accessories the Honda 2200 didn’t come with such as the battery charging leads, tools and a cover. We’ll see if it is as durable as the Honda. It’s usually not the oil that kills these, it’s letting ethanol fuel sit in them for a couple years or the inverter board gets fried it seems.
we’ll be using it mainly for remote fishing camps so we can charge the boat trolling motor batteries and I can run my portable a/c unit and heater in my tent , (yes I know I’m a wiene, but a comfortable wiene).
Do any of you guys own a Generac 2200? What oil are you running? Any issues or things to look out for with this generator?
So far I like it, easy to start, it’s light, it’s quiet and came with lots of accessories the Honda 2200 didn’t come with such as the battery charging leads, tools and a cover. We’ll see if it is as durable as the Honda. It’s usually not the oil that kills these, it’s letting ethanol fuel sit in them for a couple years or the inverter board gets fried it seems.
we’ll be using it mainly for remote fishing camps so we can charge the boat trolling motor batteries and I can run my portable a/c unit and heater in my tent , (yes I know I’m a wiene, but a comfortable wiene).