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My Honda 2000iu generator starting blowing smoke. I bought a 3.2kva generator that was a Chinese knock off. It broke down 8 or 9 times within 1 year. It was about 1/2 the price or less of a comparable quality Japanese brand.
I wondered why the pullcord kept breaking. I opened it up once. The metal guide looked ok from the outside but it was as rough as anything inside with jagged unpolished edges.
Also the exhaust pipe had a little metal gauze bolted on. If you took it off it caused little backfires so it was designed to increase exhaust backpressure. If you left it on after about 50 hours it became clogged and caused the gen to falter.
The power was a bit dirty as well despite being an inverter. The TV would give noise patterns using that power at times.
I got a Yamaha after that and its reliable and clean.
Greg.
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