When I added the website’s tagline, “Old Man with A New Camper, what could possibly go wrong?” I had no idea how true it would be.
On my recent trip to the Atlanta Motor Speedway infield camping, I thought I had seized the engine of my Wen Dual fuel generator. I had worked perfectly until the last day and just stopped. Now, let me qualify that and say it wouldn’t start with the electric start button. Logic would say to try the pull rope, but Logic didn’t make the trip with me. So, after letting a friend, a bartender’s husband fix it, I found this out. On the first pull, it worked. He did put some gas in it. I had just been using the Propane. I’m not sure that had any effect on the problem. So, what was wrong? The battery died. So, this was a new battery I bought when the one that came with it didn’t work. And sure enough, if you checked the Wen website, those who had purchased the battery said it didn’t last long. However, my new friend dug a bit deeper to discover that if you didn’t charge the battery before installing it, you would have a problem. I charged the new lithium batteries I put on the camper, and you probably charged your phone battery when you got it. I never even thought about it with the arrival of the generator.
Now, the generator, the Wen 4500, is a powerhouse. I got over 16 hours from a 20-pound propane bottle, and Jay, my new generator expert, said it was a great generator. Maybe I’ll do better when I get back to Atlanta’s Infield in September.
Camper Jerry and His Friends 