I purchased this as a portable backup generator for our home. Assembly was very easy and straight forward. I filled with the supplied oil, connected the supplied battery, put gasoline in the fuel tank, opened the fuel cock valve, put the choke into choke mode, hit the start button and the engine started up very quickly. The choke automatically goes into run mode. Hooked the generator to some electrical tools and everything ran flawlessly. Very happy with this generator and my purchase!
Arrived yesterday. Box was beat up but the unit is fine. There is a sturdy medal frame protecting the generator which helped during transport. All is well. started first push of the button. Everything works. Happy with my purchase
Having completed the five hour break in period (at zero load, 1500w, 3000w, 4000w,4500w and 4650 w) and allowing gen to run at no load (cool down) for 8-10 minutes before turn off each separate day--everything good. On third day let it warm up for 10 minutes and switched over to the 30 amp for my house. It ran the boiler, two refrig's, freezer, numerous lights, two air cleaners and the microwave on full power for 3 minutes (the well pump was not used--it will be a large draw at 3/4 hp.