I just purchased this a week ago read the manual completely added the oil, gassed it up flipped the on switch hit the start button on the remote and it fired right up with no issues. Plugged several different power items on the 120v side and work perfect. have not tried the 240 side yet but planning on having an electrician come out to make a hook up to the breaker box on my house if so needed. I have a small to mid size house so it should power the entire house except the central air but I'm ok with that.