Chicago Electric Generators 800 Rated Watts/900 Max Watts Portable Generator

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Price: $134.95    

Product Feature

• 800w rating/900w maximum
• 5 hour charge at 50% capacity
• 63cc air-cooled two-stroke gas engine
• Circuit breaker protection

Product Description

A 63cc air-cooled two-cycle gas engine allows this portable generator to fire up lights, tools, appliances and more wherever you need it! Featuring an 800 watt rating, 5 hour charge at just 50% capacity and circuit breaker protection, this unit provides long-lasting power in a compact design. Whether powering tools at a job site or lighting up a camp site, this indispensable generator is a great portable power source.

Chicago Electric Generators 800 Rated Watts/900 Max Watts Portable Generator Review

(See 'Edit #2' below for fridge running test and choke info)

I only have about 3 hours on my gen set, but so far so good.

I would give it 5 stars, but the sorry excuse for a spark plug suprised me. I didn't think it would be that bad but decided to change it because of what I read online. The only other issue is this does not have a 12v DC outlet. But that is a minor invonvenience really. Especially considering the sale price of under a hundo for it.

Before I started the generator the first time, I replaced the spark plug with an Autolite 64 plug gapped at .025 and I put a teaspoon of 2-stroke oil directly into the cylinder and pulled it over a couple times. These two little things should make it run smoother and longer. The plug that was in the generator was a very poor excuse for a spark plug.

I used 93 octane mixed at 40:1. That's a little richer than the manual says, but it runs great and doesn't smoke. 50:1 is good for making the greenies happy, but 40:1 is good for making the engine last longer.

This generator has so far always started by the third pull. When you have too small a load on the generator it will surge. I put on a 200 watt load and it ran smooth. it is 2-cycle so it makes more noise than an inverter generator, but I was still quite happy with the noise level. Standing 10 feet away from it you can have a normal conversation.

After the generator warmed up, I put several lights on it and measured the voltage. There is a voltage adjustment screw on the front of the generator just above the pull cord. My generator had the voltage at about 153.... So I backed that down to 120. make sure you check voltage with some sort of a load on the generator. After setting the voltage, I ran some various power tools without a problem.

The largest tool I tried was my 1/2 horse bench grinder. A little struggle on startup, but then it powered it without issue after that. I didn't try my garage fridge on this just yet. They recommend a 25 hour break in period before putting a full load on this generator.

For storage, I turn the gas valve off and let the generator run until it stalls out. Takes just a few minutes. Make sure there is no load on the generator when you shut it down, that could cause longevity issues.

I live in Florida, so I cannot speak to how it behaves in the fridgid northern winter. But for my climate, it runs really well. If anything changes materially I will update my review.

Edit:
I did use this to run a mountain of Christmas lights on a float. Ran for hours and hours without issue. Ran out of gas at the in-laws house and he put OLD GAS in it... It was a pain to start, but once it started it ran like there was no issue! I do not recommend putting old gas (you can tell by the smell) in anything, but was amazed it ran as well as it did.

I also ended up adding a fuel filter in-line to mine. There are some issues with that, but modifications come with obstacles. It is fully broken in now. I have not tried the fridge yet though. Still haven't had issues with this gen set. My dad bought one and couldn't get the voltage down to 120, so he uses it for resistance loads like lights and whatnot. My neighbor bought one and was able to adjust down to 120v.

Edit #2 (9/2013):
Still amazed! When I put it away from Christmas 2012, I shut off the fuel and let it run empty. I was pensive about restarting it, figured there'd be issues. But today I started it up. 9 MONTHS OF SITTING. Started on second pull with choke on. The last tank I ran at Christmas was on good gas, the bad gas I mentioned in my prior post was indeed run through and followed with good. When running I did leave the choke mostly on, it has a little slide/lever for the choke.

Today, I did two tests. First, I plugged in a 40w bulb and checked the voltage with the bulb on, the voltage is at 128v. Close enough.

Second, I PLUGGED IN MY HOTPOINT FRIDGE, it is an old-school 17.6 cubic foot fridge/freezer. The first plug in, the genny struggled for a few seconds then returned to a normal sound and was running the fridge (compressor was on)! So I unplugged it again, waited 10 seconds, plugged it back in. This time it never made it to the full operating status, it was brown out and the genny struggling. I did the same test again, same results. I unplugged it, waited 20 minutes, plugged it back in and it ran fine! It may take more power to restart a fridge than to start one? But this little gen set is clearly trying to tacl something beyond it's 7.5amp rated surge capacity. The fridge is model number 'ctx18lyznrwh' which says it's 15amp, but clearly it doesn't use that much amperage. I have no way to measure the real fridge amperage/wattage consumption either. I still have it running the garage fridge (been running it for the last 15 minutes) and the gen is currently providing 122 to 123volts.

Last thoughts on this, it has a little lever to operate the choke. I choke it at 100% for start and warmup, then I slide the lever back just a little, so the genny runs around 90% choke the whole time. If I move it back to 50% or less, it'll starve out of fuel in about 20 seconds. So, just play with your gen set for a bit to figure out where it likes to run on that choke lever. Good luck all!

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