Skip to main content

Discuss Fuel Type and Storage

2:16
8:39
40.1K views

At 2:16 in

Troy-Bilt Generator review...and some thoughts on choosing the right back up generator for your home

What happens here

The presenter explains his method for powering his home during outages, using a specialized circuit breaker connection. He then strongly advises against using ethanol-blended fuels in small engines, including generators. He states that ethanol fuel separates over time, introducing water into the fuel system, which leads to damage and necessitates frequent carburetor rebuilds. To prevent these issues, he always runs the generator's carburetor completely dry after each use by turning off the fuel valve and letting the engine consume all remaining fuel. This is a preventative measure against fuel contamination that might otherwise require biocide treatments.

Goal: This step covers the importance of proper fuel selection and generator storage techniques to prevent fuel system damage, particularly by avoiding ethanol-blended fuels.

Tools and materials

  • Generator Disconnect Switch
  • Troy-Bilt XP Series Generator
  • Non-Ethanol Fuel

What they say

Hide

breaker uh with a disconnect made for the generator on the house here basically we disconnect main power and we go to generator power and this little guy right here plugs right in with the little little cord so pretty cool pretty neat little system inexpensive it's awesome also have a little charger thing this is a charging station for the battery that's in this thing uh I've had the generator for 2 years I've probably used it a total of I'm going to say no I've had it for three years and I'm I'm going to say I've used it a total of 250 300 hours and have had no problems whatsoever this generator you just turn it on pull the pull the choke fires right up okay reason it's sputtering is because I had the gas turned off whenever I uh turn the turn the generator off I let it run all the way empty on gas so that the carburetor is empty I also don't run that bull crap ethanol fuel in a future Vlog I'm going to show you what ethanol fuel does when you let it sit for a while it separates Okay the reason your power equipment the reason your lawn mower doesn't work your lawn mower won't start your weed eater won't start all your power equipment won't start is because you're putting that bull crap gas in it I know a lot of people have an attitude about that this gas is subsidized by the government to use ethanol because it burns cleaner yet it produces water in your fuel system and damages your fuel system forcing you to get a new vehicle or forcing you to replace your small engines it's not good you don't have to replace the engine you just have to rebuild the carburetor every year if you don't burn this gas out so be safe and use non-ethanol gas that's my speech on non-ethanol fuel so

Auto-generated from the video audio.