I need to get one so my wife can clean house

FYI.. try starting your gen without chock, when using propane the choke is bypassed altogether and serves no purpose other than when using gas.. the regulator has a safety feature with a huge pressure change will throttle the output pressure , some bbq’s have a similar feature also built in their regulator. let me know on the results starting without the choke, thanks

10 minutes WITHOUT any information and the result: "Open it slow..."

that is with any fuel tank... (welders know this.) open the valve slow...

This video could have been 9 minutes shorter.😂😂

So glad I watched. Was just about to buy planks.

You have one decompression cup stuck in the head under the valve cover. Will start hard when that happens

Why the music. Best part of these old tractors running. If I wanted to listen to music I would have turned on my radio

The DR Walk behind blower makes it to where you DO NOT NEED TO WALK BACKWARDS AND DRAG IT IN ONE DIRECTION the DR BLOWER CHANGES DIRECTION AND HAS 180 DEGRESS air flow at up to 200 mph. Left, right or anywhere in between. It also has vertical air flow up to 50 degrees. I'm getting the self-propelled model with electric start. The brake system is an accessory, but I plan on getting that as well, so I don't go running down a hill to catch the blower. This will be our third DR piece of equipment we will be buying. We have a chipper that does up to 4-inch branches/small trees, and two DR trimmers, one has the beaver blade on it and the other has just string. Both are self-propelled and both have electric starts. All of our lawn equipment gets NON-ETHONAL gas, (93). We also own two Toro "commercial grade" walk behind lawn mowers and I bought a 2002 John Deere Gator for my husband, he loves it, takes the chipper around the yard and holds all his equipment in the back. I am 66 years old, and my husband is 69 years old, and we bought three lots and put them together to make about 2 acres. He's retired now, and we do all our yard work except for the BIG old hard wood trees. I don't care what you say about DR, as long as you keep up with your equipment and put non-ethanol gas in them and know how to work on engines, things like that, you'll have no problems. I will spend $2,000.00 on a blower that doesn't make me pull it backwards. I don't buy cheap; you get what you pay for...I've had everything for about six years now. It's all about up keep.

I thought you were gonna come down to the Lil Buddy Heater issue, which was to put a filter in the line.

Sounds like an attitude problem. The generators I've seen are rated for under 3000 ft.

In addition, There is also a safety mechanism in the propane tank to keep liquid from coming out vs gas. The bottle needs to be set in the vertical position when using- never on its side. Also, never use copper tubing to plumb propane lines - you will go boom sooner or later. Propane dissolves copper tubing/pipe. One of the reasons you don't store propane in your house is if all the gas is released and mix with air and ignites it has the same amount of kaboom of about 770 sticks of dynamite. If you don't believe me ask your local fire Chief.

What beautiful country

Opening the valve on the propane tank too quickly causes the regulator to close-off about 60% of the pressure. This is part of the design to avoid dumping propane into the air because of a damaged hose.

The problem is related to the tank overfill prevention device. . It also has a fail safe to limit flow if there is no limit on tank output. . The bigger the volume filled on first opening the tank valve, the more likely it is to have the problem. 0.01c

Be sure to boondock where you can access internet and KZbin for solutions!

Well done appreciate the video, keep it up 👍👍

im having the same issues with my champion generator while running on propane. but when i put gas in it. runs like a champ. so im thinking regulator issues.. ive run my generators for thousands of hours. no issues with the propane until recent. i hooked up a 500 gallon propane to my generator and now some change inperformance. im thinking the tank regulator is adjusted tooo low and so its not pushing enough pressure through to keep up with demand. it runs fine at idle with no problem running around 150 to 200 watts on propane.. im a low electric use. keeps my generator from too much wear and tear. anyway. the regulator at the generator might need a 5 min reset / unhook ... i learned that today on my propane cabinet heater when i goodled for info so small appliance regulators dont have pressure set screw. but there is one on my big regulator at my big tank. tomorrow im going to dial that up. and one more thing. if your running small tanks. the emptier it gets the less pressure your working with i run into pressure problems in the winter cold.. cant use the whole tank. just most of it is available..

It's not just generators. It's everything with a propane regulator. I was turned on to this by a guy at Ace Hardware.

No knock on you guys but this is why I skin my deer as soon as possible. The skin is pliable and peels off SO much more easily. Thanks for the video though. Im going to build a rack. Nice deer by the way. Congratulations.

As dumb as it may sound I believe this gentleman experienced the same frustration as I did using propane fuel. Then I learned (thru KZbin) that opening the tank valve s l o w l y can make a difference allowing the proper amount of gas to pass thru to the generator. No mention of this in the starting instructions. Thanx to the YT community. 👍

Had same issue with my propane grille would not fire up correctly ANY propane device you MUST turn valve slowly to get any device to ignite

Great Information!! Thanks 😁👍👍

I can give you another tip for using and storing the generator if you want to or need to run it on gasoline. Just like you already did with the propane, the gasoline tank has a shutoff valve. Turn it off and let it run until it dies. This will empty the carburetor of gasoline and stops the deposits from forming. I have a portable generator for emergencies because I live in the country, every 6 to 8 months I run it for 20 to 30 minutes. So knock on wood i have never had issues starting and running it. Good luck !!!

Thank you. Great video

Not generator related, but I have a Blackstone 36 in griddle. I was having trouble getting enough gas to get high flames. Turns out with the current crop of regulators, the gas needs to be turned on slow..very weird

I;ve got the DuraMax generator Hybrid 1200. it says not to choke when using propane. When my customer passed away i got all of his equipment. He got me to crank i t up about once a month. The noise level is my only complaint.

yes' had sme problem...would not start. This was during hurricane "Milton". Tried the technique and it worked like new although too late for help with hurricane' but all set for next time. thanks for great video and you did not need to be a comedian' but rightto the point.

Thank you for taking the time to make such a helpful video!

I installed a tri-fuel carburetor on my UST GG5500 and I was having running issues similar to yours. Mine would start when I turned the propane off only for a few secs then quit after I turned the fuel back on. I had an adjustable regulator and when I heard about the slow opening of the propane can, I backed my regulator down to 1-2 lbs. then open it further til it ran right. Sometimes I could only open it a little further because it would sputter. Other times I could open it all the way, and viola, perfect. If you leave the regulator adjusted down low, eventually the cans pressure is reduced and the generator will run bad until you open the regulator a little bit more. Sometimes that sweet spot is hard to find. But keep looking it's there. It's all goes back to the propane exchange instead of filling and keeping your own bottle. Those exchanges can act differently every time.

Gas grills have the same issue. Its the new tanks. they have a safety valve in case of a hose fail. a surge of flow will draw a stopper into the valve. close it off for a couple of minutes then open it slow. and the stopper returns to the normal position.

There's a little ball in it for overflow protection and yes it is a thing. Thankfully you figured it out and now you got a backup.

Where is the walk behind part?

This is how EVERY PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR PROPANE WORKS. I figured this out 31 years ago when I was 12 years old operating a gas grill cooking myself a steak. You can hear the diaphragm snap shut if you open the valve too quickly. Leaving the regulator to sit for several minutes or bleeding all the pressure off and opening it slowly resets it. This is to prevent a full speed evacuation of the tank if there is a sudden large leak like a hose being cut in two.

You can have a problem filling the propane tank too, attendant needs to open the valve slowly. I've found the problem is the newer valves they put in the tank, not the regulator. Open it fast and it doesn't work.

no air flow.

The best thing about this was that it was a woman who put you straight. Not sure why, just feels right.

Did you find it was more of a problem when it’s colder outside?

Make sure the propane tank valve is closed. Disconnect the propane hose from the generator.Unscrew the hose and regulator from the tank. Reconnect the regulator with hose firmly onto the propane tank. Reconnect the propane hose to the generator. ------- VERY SLOWLY Open the propane tank valve. Pull choke - start generator - close choke . This makes sure the propane tank leak safety (inside the tank) is not locked close and makes sure the propane regulator (that comes with the generator) on the hose does not get hit with a SURGE of pressure that throws the regulator on the hose out of wack.

Save my ass glad I looked it up. Thank you for everything. Onward to a successful RV flip🔥🔥🔥

I have the identical generator and have never had this problem, but I thank you for the information. I'll know just what to do if this happens to mine. 👍

This is not a “generator fail” or a “champion issue”. This is you not understanding how propane regulators work and the built in safeties they have

Well, it worked liked that for 3 years is Spoken like the average consumer. When I worked at at&t the customers would say this same thing. And I would say your very lucky it did work for that long.

I thought I also heard something about the tanks themselves being retrofitted with a safety mechanism that shuts off or restricts the flow if it exceeds a certain threshold. So yeah, always open the valves slowly now.

Hi. Are you still checking messages? I need help with a simple question regarding the magneto. Thanks

Excellent video and thank you for sharing!!!!

How’d you match the colour of the freezer box that was chipped so well! Impressive!

Also, smaller (20lb and below) propane tanks begin to stop boiling between 10 to 15 degrees.

Buddy you are a natural in front of that camera. No “uhm” 20 times. This was a very helpful video. 👍👍

You dont need a choke when running on Propane.