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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 11, 2006, 5:18 pm
Dear Pete,
That is a concern. I do have a Coleman generator, and curious what
problems you've found. I bought it used, about 1998 or 99. Would have
to check the paper work, see what was the manufacture date. It is a
2200 watt, with 5 HP Briggs.
Pleased for any information you have.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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Two problems with that:
1) I've heard very bad things about the Coleman branded generators
from
a professional generator service guy.
2) You can get a Honda EU1000i for $699 from Northern.
Pete C.
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Posted by Pete C. on August 11, 2006, 6:51 pm
Stormin Mormon wrote:
>
> Dear Pete,
> That is a concern. I do have a Coleman generator, and curious what
> problems you've found. I bought it used, about 1998 or 99. Would have
> to check the paper work, see what was the manufacture date. It is a
> 2200 watt, with 5 HP Briggs.
> Pleased for any information you have.
>
Recall short brush life (buy a few extra pairs) and issues with loss of
field and needing to be "repolarized" with a car battery.
At the time the Coleman's were all green and I recall him saying if he
sees someone bringing a green one towards the front door he'd retreat
out the back door.
Pete C.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 11, 2006, 8:56 pm
I'm too tired to go check, but I think mine is black. Doubt it will
get enough use to go through a set of field brushes. But lost field in
the armature is possible. I really oughta run the beast more often.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
Stormin Mormon wrote:
>
> Dear Pete,
> That is a concern. I do have a Coleman generator, and curious
what
> problems you've found. I bought it used, about 1998 or 99. Would
have
> to check the paper work, see what was the manufacture date. It is a
> 2200 watt, with 5 HP Briggs.
> Pleased for any information you have.
>
Recall short brush life (buy a few extra pairs) and issues with loss
of
field and needing to be "repolarized" with a car battery.
At the time the Coleman's were all green and I recall him saying if he
sees someone bringing a green one towards the front door he'd retreat
out the back door.
Pete C.
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Posted by Chris Lewis on August 12, 2006, 12:48 am
> Stormin Mormon wrote:
> > Dear Pete,
> > That is a concern. I do have a Coleman generator, and curious what
> > problems you've found. I bought it used, about 1998 or 99. Would have
> > to check the paper work, see what was the manufacture date. It is a
> > 2200 watt, with 5 HP Briggs.
> > Pleased for any information you have.
> >
> Recall short brush life (buy a few extra pairs) and issues with loss of
> field and needing to be "repolarized" with a car battery.
During the great ice storm, a number of colemans caught fire.
A variety of issues. One of them was that US Colemans
(they imported thousands in a big rush) didn't meet CSA specs, and
had to be modified before resale, and sometimes they got it wrong.
Apparently, the instructions said that they already had oil,
but they didn't, or people simply weren't used to handling
4 stroke engines.
Mostly, however, it was simply a matter of trying to run a light
duty generator for too many days at a time.
--
Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 12, 2006, 8:29 pm
Can't remember, but I think mine may have a low oil shutdown. I know
my sisters did, and that gave them trouble. Ran for a full second, and
then died. It had oil the dipstick, but they didn't know why it was
dying. So, they went and bought another one. Gave me the old one. I
added four ounces oil, and it ran fine. Of course, I did change the
oil, and some other maint.
Traded the generator to my Dad, who left the gas in. A "helpful"
neighbor sprayed ether into the spark hole. Which dried the cylinder
walls. It set up and threw a piston rod through the side of the
engine.
It's OK to spray ether on the air filter, I've done that enough times.
When my carb gaskets are all dried out.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
During the great ice storm, a number of colemans caught fire.
A variety of issues. One of them was that US Colemans
(they imported thousands in a big rush) didn't meet CSA specs, and
had to be modified before resale, and sometimes they got it wrong.
Apparently, the instructions said that they already had oil,
but they didn't, or people simply weren't used to handling
4 stroke engines.
Mostly, however, it was simply a matter of trying to run a light
duty generator for too many days at a time.
--
Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after
them.
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