I love this generator.
Power enough for any tool at any time and for as long as I need, right at the worksite! What a concept. I have electricity at the Lair, of course, but the inverter is only 600 watts and even if it’ll power a tool the battery capacity is limited: Works great for lights and electronics, but (as I actually learned year before last) a shop vac will drain them to the point of inverter shutdown in less than 10 minutes. So power tools have always been an issue, which is in itself a bit problematic since the Lair has been a continual work in progress since 2009.
I could never have afforded one, not in a million years. But Autumn before last a very generous friend of the blog donated this, having bought it for another purpose that life unfortunately prevented. It was enormously useful during last year’s building season, came out of mothballs to aid in the rescue of a couple of trapped tourists this past winter, and started right up this morning for the start of this year’s building season. It has made building season much more productive.
You do have some very generous friends Joel. I couldn’t agree more about the handiness of these small generators and the one you have is one of the best..
I’ve had a eu1000 since 02, fantastic little generator ! Utterly dependable too.
At least until it lost spark to the plug last year…dunno whether the dealer really sucked, and didn’t know what they were doing or were just plain rip off…but they said it was gonna cost $500 to fix it…
Needless to say, no way I’d invest that much into a sixteen years old generator.
Seemed a bit excessive to me. Shame too, cuz I really love that gennie.