hi i have just bought a wolf 1200 genny it's used for or going to i should say for a back up in our van over the winter months wildcamping it's good for a electrick kettle/toaster the low watt type have any of you used one and how do they perform?cheers andy..
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i got the 800 this year, just for the same reason. only tested it on 1 tank of fuel, but it started ok and was quite quiet. not that i would like it running at night. but it worked well so its sat in the shed on the off chance i might do more than 2 days wild camping.
Hi, got the same one and it's great for the price, obviously wont run anything with a big element in it but gas is best for heating anyway. I've found it runs anything else and when warm and settled its no more than a hum that you soon dont notice
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We have had a wolf 850 watt for 3 years now and no trouble at all with it and it has been used for hours on end on cl's (with only us on it b4 the moaners start) the 1200 watt is a 4 stroke so should be a lot quiter the the 2 stroke.
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hi well my wolf 1200 runs a small elc kettle/toaster and i supose a elec heater on the low setting all this as well as chargine my batts up when wild camping so it should be a usefull item thanks chaps andy...
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Are these things 2 strokes? If so, make sure that you drain out the tank; don't leave them full of fuel (just for emergancies...)
You want to run them with the fuel trained off so that the carb is empty. If you don't, you'll find that they tend to "lacquer" up and will refuse to start until you have taken the whole lot to bits and cleaned everything thoroughly.
hi no mines a four stroke but would that problem with the carb apply to mine as well?cos i hardly use it and the last time i started it was a lot of work so maybe thats why eh?cheers andy...
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All fuels go "stale" or "off". There are chemicals that you can add to fuel to prolong its shelf life and the stuff is used by the Military and Survivalists. It's almost as if the most volatile part of the fuel has disappeared. ready mixed 2 stroke fuel is the greatest offender on this one
If your unit was hard to start then it's reasonable to assume that the fuel had gone off. Drain it off and next time you have a fairly good tankful in your car, use it in there
This bit of advice goes for chain-saws, brush-cutters, in fact, for all small engines. The amount of money that lawn mower service people make every Spring is usually down to this factor. I have had it happen to me... I watched the guy drain out the old fuel, stick in some new and Vroom! away it went - I felt pretty stupid because I knew what I should have done.
I still think that the best way to stop these things, be they Gennie's, chainsaws, outboard motors is to stop the fuel supply. So that there is nothing in the carb. This is just a personal opinion and not necessarily recommended by the manufacturers
If you are going to have a genny sit for awhile the fuel will start to seperate in to its core chemicals, water ethanol and heavy oils,
which make all the problems ( and rust motorbike fuel tanks inside out) you can buy a fuel stablizer which slows down the action or use benzine a coal based petrol replacement, or, simply start the motor and let it run for a minite every fortnight remembering to shake the fuel tank a bit.
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Topic: wolf generator info?
