Thread: My CCC Generator

Had a couple of outages recently, so pulled the gen out of the shed. Still starts and runs ok. Had a clogged main jet from me getting lazy last year and leaving it for a couple of weeks with crap fuel in it after a long outage, but I can actually get the jet out with the carb in place so cleaning it was a squirt of carb cleaner and a bit of compressed air. 5 mins and done. Another lesson learned.

Mum had an extended outage on Christmas Eve with a fridge & freezer full of food for the family. They've got underground power, and the power was up and down for about 3 days while Western Power farted around looking for the fault (not a problem you have with poles and wires). She and my brother pulled out their Yamaha EF2000is to run the fridges, to find fuel was coming out as the were pouring it in, so they drove up and borrowed my trusty CCC.

Stripped the yammie today to find a thick layer of sludge in the bottom of the float bowl. Looks like last time it got put away it was left with a tank of fuel and the fuel valve left on. Had to strip and clean the jets and float valve (which was jammed open, thus the leak). Even the owners manual says "turn the fuel off, start it and run it until it stops then use the drain on the float bowl to empty it before storage".

I must say though, that Yamaha is a *nice* generator. Light, easy to start and well built. I suppose you'd expect that for a Jap unit. It's 8kg lighter than the CCC, but then it's also only half the rated power (1.6kw) and doesn't have remote start. The best part about the Yamaha is Yamaha themselves actually put the manuals, parts breakdown and full service manuals on their website. No fishing around for pirate copies of the manuals (cough *Honda*).

Anyway, they're both drained, dried and packed away awaiting the next outage.