1200 Watt Portable Generator
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Mega PowerBrand: Otech H Series
Model: 1200XF
Publisher: Mega Power
Studio: Mega Power
Music Label: Mega Power
Product features:
- Super-portable--just 42 lbs-- for home-emergency, job site or camping power needs
- Dependable, low-maintenance easy-start 63cc 2-cycle engine; transistorized ignition
- 110-volt AC outlet for household appliances, electric tools, plus DC-power connection terminals
- 1-gallon fuel tank for 4.5-hr run time at 1/2 load; quiet to operate (65 dB at 22')
- Lightweight (42 lbs dry) with large carry-handles, overall size is just 15"L x 12"W x 13"H
Tools and Hardware Reviews of 1200 Watt Portable Generator
Customer Review: Not for the faint of heart, but great item anyway.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this item just for a small amount of portable power, rarely over 250W. The item arrived on time, but the box was incredibly beat up. When I opened the package, the air cleaner was smashed to bits. However the engine ran and the generator worked fine.
I fixed it for under ten bucks here's how:
1 ACE Hardware generic lawnmower foam filter 8 bucks
1 Radioshack smallest project enclosure 2 bucks
Take the whole intake apart, take the bolts out of the carb and be careful not to lose any of the gaskets. Take the thin metal spacer out. Take the gasket that goes between the carburetor and the air box and place it dead center in the middle of your RS project enclosure on the bottom. Tape it down with blue painters' tape and trace with a sharpie. With a drill press (must use a drill press) drill out the two screw holes with a 1/4 inch bit. Then Drill out the center with a 3/8" and wiggle the project enclosure around the spinning bit to carve out the entire center section to almost the outside outline of your tracing. Get all plastic / metal chips out of the box.
With the control panel unbolted and moved to the side bolt this to the carb and decide how much of the factory airbox you're going to have to cut out. Cut out a hole big enough for the box to stick through, (careful not to get chips into the carb) put the one control panel bolt left back in, it'll be enough to hold.
Now on to the lid: tape a piece of 1/4 inch graph paper to the top with blue painters' tape. With about a 1/8 inch bit, drill where the lines cross in a 4X6 rectangle in the center. Doesn't really matter how many holes, just don't compromise the integrity of the cover.
On to the foam element: Take the generic foam filter and cut it to around 1x the depth of the box and 1.5-2X the length and the width. Oil it up pretty good and stuff it in there.
Put the lid on and voila. You just took a broken generator and made a working one for ten bucks. That's nothing to sneeze at.
Now that it does work, I find it works great, I absolutely love it and I will but another one if this one ever fails.
EDIT - I've owned this for several months and it still ROCKS
THIS THING WILL RUN A SAWZALL LIKE IT'S NOTHING! I cut through SOLID OAK with a Sawzall for FOUR HOURS with this machine! I've trimmed countless hedges, used it with my Black and Decker drill to drill countless holes in steel, it's done everything I've asked it to. It'll even run a 9-amp vacuum cleaner for almost a minute when it's cool. I've even used it with my 550-watt drill press.
FUEL: I run at 20:1 or richer with Royal Purple TCW-III
Maintenance: NGK B7ES Spark plug, frequent air filter cleanings, frequent spark plug checks. One tip I like to give people is don't put the spark plug in too tight because all you're gonna do is strip the threads. I have mine in about minimum torque and check it frequently -- That's how I do all my equipment and have for about six years now.
Recap - After a few months of ownership:
Power 10/10
Reliability 10/10
Return on investment 10/10
Ease of use 10/10
Description of 1200 Watt Portable Generator
We were a little skeptical when we first saw this generator; it's just a little larger than a beer cooler and weighs only 42 pounds. Could it really generate dependable electrical power? We fueled it up and were impressed with the much larger-than-most, easily-accessible fuel-filler cap. It started on the second pull and we noticed what it wasn't: loud or rough-running. To test the power output we used a fluorescent work light that's sensitive to power-level fluctuations and saw NO flickering. In all of our subsequent tests this generator performed flawlessly and we heartily recommend this generator for reliable, easy-to-operate home-emergency, job site and recreational power needs up to 1000 watts. An excellent value, fits anywhere and comes with one-year manufacturer's warranty. One tankful of fuel (1.01 gallon 50:1 gas/2-stroke oil mixture) will last up to 4.5 hours of continuous runtime at half-load. 1000 watts peak, 900 watts rated capacity, 110-volt/60Hz, 7.5 Amps. Brush-less, single-phase generator, capacitor voltage regulator and thermal circuit-protector.Generators Tools
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