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Originally Posted by ewaldo
I HAVE A 2003 Itasca Sunrise Work Horse Chassis and run my gen for about one hour every month under a load as recommended. My question is why run it under a load, from what I understand the reason for running it is to keep the gas from gelling up.
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Gasoline does not gel up, Diesel does, Gasoline varnishes the ports and cloggs them.
However the generator needs to be exercised too.. I once bought a small portable generator When it was new the distortion of the wave form was so great that down-stream devices complained.
After I pumped a tank of gas through the unit powering some lights (about 30% load) everything was happy.
Brushes. and slip rings get nasty without a workout.
Which reminds me.
I fill up the tank Thursday Scheduled exercise is Friday.. Good timing.