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Old 12-27-2017, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by golf2140 View Post
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You fire up the generator every few weeks to make sure it will be working when you needed and to make sure the oil is circulated.

When we had a Generac it automatically fired itself up weekly on its own and set a warning light if anything was wrong. A friend had one and his sent him an email with the test results weekly.