Get this generator! Sportsman 1000 watt inverter generator. On SALE right now!! 

Anytime!

Yes I remember, I should have bought it when it was at that price...

​@@BrianWatersOutdoorstractor supply has it for that same exact deal right now, even better deal now cause inflation

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me too!

Awesome! I miss having my reef tank.

Sure thing! Saw this at Home Depot last month for $349

Awesome!

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Awesome! It’s a good little unit

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Yeah. Price gouging at its best in my opinion on these things. I once saw them at Home Depot for $159

TSC website has it on sale right now for $199. Today's date is 11-29-2022.

Yup. It was interesting watching the price on this thing double earlier this year.

Went to replace mine today and cheapest I could find was 380 lol. Back in the good ole days. Should I wait another 9 months maybe lol and pay 700?

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That would, but these unfortunately don’t have the parallel ports.

@@BrianWatersOutdoors I don’t think the Westinghouse parallel kit needs parallel ports. That kit connects directly to the 120v plus. 🙂

Ahh! I’ll check it out then! Thanks

@@BrianWatersOutdoors then you can run at least one heater on max setting with them paralleled. Or two on low…

@@BrianWatersOutdoors you can also run bigger loads without stressing out 1 generator on it’s own.

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Great info. Thanks for the comment!

@@BrianWatersOutdoors 17 volts is enough to feed into a solar charge controller, which is a better and safer idea to charge batteries than going direct anyway

Do you see those black and red clips.....they attach to a battery, not an led

Sloppy voltage regulation. It's like the old 12 volt wall warts that are around 17 volts unloaded until you draw the rated current from it at which time they drop to 12 volts.

When you put it on economy it will drop to 14 volts - if you have a flooded cranking battery and the crank current is low - charge it at 14 volts till it gases - then change from economy to full run - let the battery rise to 17 volts for a little while - It will de-sulfate the battery at that higher voltage - I do that with my truck and equipment - that way the battrey's are good for 15 yrs or so instead of 3 yrs -

Awesome! Hope you like it!

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There is a link to the NGK plug I used in the video description. Should take you right to it on Amazon👍🏻

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Thanks!

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that's what i just paid March 2024, i am excited to try it ! I have a countertop dishwasher that pulls about 650 watts and hope it works for that

Mine runs okay without a load, but it’s not a great thing to run these without some type of load on it. Even if it’s a light load. It will always run smoother when it’s powering something.

It gets close. I wouldn’t trust this to run something continuously over 700 watts.

Not sure really. If it pulls around 500 watts should be fine.

For mine it’s about 300 watts

@@BrianWatersOutdoors thanks!....Next question: If you are drawing 400 watts average, which is about 50% load, do you think that would still get you the 6 hour run time?

@@judsimonson9087 it will be close. I’ve gotten about 5 hours continuous running a 400 watt air mover before I turned it off.

@@BrianWatersOutdoors thanks for the input! How about never seize on the spark plug threads and when storing adding a tiny amount of oil or Marvel through the spark plug hole along with a few gentle poles on the starting chord.

@@judsimonson9087 I do not use anti seize, as the newer spark plugs typically do not seize up. I just use regular old Dino oil in the spark plug hole when long term storage, and I e never heard about the pull cord with MMO? Maybe I’ll look into that.

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@@BrianWatersOutdoors I had worked on generators in the offshore oil industry for yrs also I'm 3rd generation - I didn't see your video on running a 5000 BTU AC - I use 5000 BTU units it my house - I live in the deep rural south in hurricane alley lol - I tried that sportsman on a few AC units - one is a Fredrick high efficiency that draws 415 watts on average - it would not run it - It did run a 5000 BTU GE it draws 450 watts - something that most don't know is an AC units current draw is rated at 80° ambient outside temperature - So the Fredric high efficiency pulls 415 watts when the temperature is 80° outside - When it was 105° every day my Fredric was pull 525 watts - and my GE was pull 550 watts - That little generator might start that AC but it's questionable weather it will keep it running - In my place the temperature inside was often 85° during the heat of the day - One of my window units compressor was kicking out on high heat also - it was a older 5000 BTU unit rated at 550 watts but at 105° it was drawing 700 watts - In the oilfields when generating our own power we watch how much current is being drawn - My pole power has been knocked out up to 9 months - in my case it doesn't matter - but I also know power production vs fuel consumption - I'll send more on a second tex - If a text is to long in rural areas they won't be sent -

@@BrianWatersOutdoors that is a good generator - on economy the fuel efficiency is about 7:1 that means it generates 7 KWs per gallon of fuel burned - I ran it and measured it vs load - Since it has a small engine there is not a lot of lost fuel in running the engine - Conventional air cooled generators that run at 3600 RPMs up to 2800 watts generally have a 3:1 efficiency and diesels 4:1 efficiency - propane is 2:1 - at 25% load - there highest fuel / air efficiency is at 25% load at 3600 rpm - the larger the set the more the cylinders also the speed play important roles on fuel efficiency - Each HP generates up to 416 watts AC or if it's a DC generator as used on cars it around 300 watts out put at 12 volts per HP -i don't remember the exact number - If you belt drive a car altinator with a 3 HP engine 1 HP is lost due to the belt transmitted power and 2 HP goes to driving the altinator - I bought the sportsman generator to have as a jump start in my truck - it's hard to jump start trucks with diesels - but if you have a good 20 amp battery charger and a generator they instantly start up - If you get air cooled gas in a can at chain saw shops it doesn't go bad like gasoline does - I had a Honda 650 watt camping gen I used for jump starting sense 1982 - it never failed me and that air cooled gas was always good - it's just benzine or we call it drip gas - it's natural gasoline from natural gas - They do make stationary engine that runs slow 350 rpm so they have a 25:1 fuel efficient - running slow it burns the crude oil 100% or bunker c oil 100% - A 800 watt stationary engine gen can be 3 tons lol - but also can run continues for several decades or 100000 hrs or longer depending on the load and RPMs - I've seen some in the 1980s that had run steady sense the late 1920s - they use oil instead of water for cooling and run at 250° + engines run at higher efficiency at high temp as to burn all the fuel and leave no carbon behind - -

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@@BrianWatersOutdoors Unbelievably when I went to checkout item was no longer availiable. Looks like they now have a new $299 model. For sale for years and I miss it by hours.

I change mine at 1hr, 5hr, 15 hr and then every 50 hours

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Hi Michelle. This generator would definitely NOT run your demo hammer. 13amps translates loosely to about 1560watts at 120volts. You would need a larger generator to run your power tools.

@@BrianWatersOutdoors OK, Thank You Very Much for that information 🙂

I bought a 50ft 15Amp 12/3 extention cord. Will this be OK plugged into a inside house outlet? It would be plugged in my laundry room.

I believe that should be fine. The 12/3 cord is for sure enough to run 13 amps, but I’m not an electrician.

@@BrianWatersOutdoors Thank You for your help. Sometimes being single and living alone can be very difficult.

No. Most heaters require 1500 watts

It will probably run an oil heater set to 600 watts.

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I did get it to run a small 5000 btu window a/c

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