Because they are pieces of crap to begin with. Those cheap sets are designed to sell, not work. I don't doubt that you can get a decent air-cooled genset - but it will cost more than $800.
Personally, I stay away from anything air cooled: cars, skidsteers, generators... People only buy them because they are cheap. There is NO inherent advantage in running an air cooled 4-cycle engine. Well, okay - I did think of one thing - my lawnmower. In that case, I can sacrifice longevity for light weight. -Dave Walton On Jan 13, 2008 8:30 AM, LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why would one of these overheat unless there was an > overload or the cooling system was blocked in some > way? There are many thousands of air cooled gensets > in emergency standby service, all of which, if > properly maintained, will run for hundreds of hours > without any attention. > > The Cummins name comes from the fact that in the early > 90s Cummins Engine bought out the Onan Corporation, > one of the "big three" genset manufacturers in the > U.S. Therefore, everything became "Cummins" for the > most part, or "Cummins-Onan" in some cases. > > Dan (who has 20+ years experience in the generator > industry) > > > --- dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Those little portable units have their place, but > > you should not > > expect too much from them. Typical scenario is that > > they are air > > cooled and after a few hours will detect an over > > temperature condition > > in the gen head or the engine and will do a safety > > shutdown. You can > > get a used light tower generator off ebay for about > > twice the price of > > the unit at Costco. Look for one with a water cooled > > Kubota diesel > > engine. They will run for weeks non-stop without > > problems. > > > > Here is what I'm talking about: > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/PORTABLE-LIGHT-TOWER-GENERATOR-6KW-DIESEL-TRAILER-UNIT_W0QQitemZ190189204531QQihZ009QQcategoryZ61574QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > > > -Dave Walton > > > > On Jan 13, 2008 12:05 AM, John Freer > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TIS this something new? Looks like a good deal but > > wonder where > > > Cummins comes into the picture? > > > > > > > > > http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?whse=BC&topnav=&prodid=11245396&cm_mmc=BCEmail_261-_-Focus-_-14-_-CumminsOnanHomesite6500 > > > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: > > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
