Skip to main content
Stesso

Prepare and Test Generator

2:24
20:32
29.8K views

At 2:24 in

PREPARING OUR FARM FOR WINTER STORM DIEGO!!

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

The presenter retrieves a Troy-Bilt XP 7000W generator from his shop. He explains that this generator, with its 10,500 starting watts, is powerful enough to run the home's heat pump, well pump, and water heater. He then checks the generator's fuel level and tops it off using a specialized non-restricted water spout from a gas can, noting its efficiency compared to standard fuel spouts. Afterward, he checks the oil level, noting it's still clear and good for operation. Finally, he performs a test run of the generator using the pull cord (as the electric start battery is dead) to ensure it's functioning correctly.

Goal: Ensure the generator is operational and fueled for power outages

Tools and materials

  • Gas Can (with water spout conversion)
  • Oil Dipstick
  • Troy-Bilt XP 7000W/10500W Generator
  • Full Synthetic Oil
  • Gasoline (non-ethanol preferred)

What they say

Hide

preparations first thing we're going to do is get our generator out of the shop here this is our generator this is a little troy-bilt generator that we've had for a number of years it's done a great job it is a 7,000 watt generator with 10,500 watts of cranking power which means it will run the heating and we'll run the air conditioner it won't run the heat strips for the emergency heat but it will run the heat pump now in case you guys are new to the channel we live in a fourteen by eighty mobile home right now while we're building our farm in our dream home so we didn't need a huge huge generator the biggest most important thing is that ten thousand five hundred cranking amps that will also run our well pump and our water heater all important stuff normally I keep this thing all the way full all of the time make sure there's nothing I can contaminate this guy with it's pretty full I think we could top it off just a little bit so I'll set this guy to the side and top it off this gas can filler you can get this kit I'll post a link down below this is a water spout for your gas can but a lot better than those sloped or restricted gas filler necks get this guy topped off he'll probably take I think the thing holds about six gallons there we go good to go so I just want to make sure we're all topped off everything needs to be topped off we never know we might have days and days without power ok next thing I want to do is get down here and check the oil make sure it looks good too I like to change it all in this thing about every eight hours so if we're looking to black we may go long and change it everything looks pretty good we'll tip it up a little bit so I can see what the oil looks like oh yeah she's still fairly clear looking good I do a full synthetic oil change on this so I don't have to worry about it so much the lifespan of these little engines is the motor oil that you put in them so we should be good to go this thing has a reminder system right here on the side that tells me everything I need to know it tells me how much load I'm pulling and tells me basically all the information I need to know how many hours since last oil change all that cool stuff we're going to fire it up do a test run real quick to make sure it's going to run properly so we can just go back and pull the cord it has a push button power source with a starter on it but the battery's dead right now and I don't have really the time or don't want to put the effort into charging it…

Auto-generated from the video audio.