all right i'm here today with the brand new honda eu
2200i generator it belongs to their inverter series
most of us are familiar with the honda eu small compact a suitcase generator
a couple years ago they came out with the 2200 it replaced the eu 2000
and they are in the process right now of updating this
to add some cool new features we'll start on the front
one is we've got some covers for the outlets that makes them a little more
weatherproof as well as covers for the circuit
protections and they've added a CO2 alarm
a carbon dioxide alarm so if this thing
senses that it's getting too much carbon dioxide around it meaning if you have it
in a garage never run a generator in a garage but if
you have it in an enclosed place where it's not getting the fresh air
it's actually going to shut off that's a big step forward in generator
safety and technology but what i want to talk about today is
the new bluetooth functionality and what that's going to
mean and what it can bring so real quick before we get into that let's
go over the starting of this machine and maintenance of this
machine and what sets it apart so we turn it sideways here and i have
this big screw right on the top i take this off and my oil fill is going
to be there as well as my air filter access so i've
already filled this up with oil i put the cover back on i filled it up
with fresh ethanol free fuel and i have my choke
lever here i'm going to turn it on i'll pull the
rope
all right fired right up
the honda eu series uh feature an eco throttle right now the eco throttle is
on so it's running very low this is full speed for this
machine this is as loud as it's going to get
let's talk about this eco throttle and what it does
for you an inverter will create power at in any engine rpm so right now at this
very low speed it is creating power but it's only
creating a small amount of power as i increase my demand
this engine will rev up so an easy example would be if i had
100 watt light bulbs which we can't buy 100 watt light bulbs anymore but
i've got 20 100 watt light bulbs and as i turn those lights on you will
hear this engine vroom vroom vroom ramp up and increase
its power how is this useful what are the benefits
of that one is noise so it's only going to run as fast as it
needs to run to create the power that you need that's
going to mean it's quieter it's also more fuel efficient so an
example would be if i were to have this hooked up to a refrigerator
a refrigerator kicks on 12 to 1400 watts so when a refrigerator comes on
there's this hard hit and you'll hear this machine go vroom
and then it'll drop right back down because the refrigerator
is only running around 300 watts so it's not gonna run that high speed the
full time meaning it's quieter meaning it's more fuel efficient it's easier
for the machine eu inverter generators are also a very clean power so the sine
wave that it puts out is a nice smooth sine
wave contrary to a lot of generators out
there that are more like the richter scale right so i've got
an earthquake and you see that needle go like this
that crazy sine wave is hard on electronics so if you plug some of our
new household appliances in that are computer controlled that have a chip on
them there's a good chance you'll do damage to them so
that's some of the advantages of the eu
now the bluetooth let me shut it off here a minute
before i do this new has a fuel shutoff so i can actually come down here
and it's going to shut off the fuel valve and it'll run until it runs the
carburetor dry on fuel so for maintenance or for storage actually
that's really good right let's run that thing dry or if i want to just turn it
off i go all the way down so i'm going to go
to a screen record video here that you can watch and it shows the
pairing there's a honda app i'll download an app through the app
store or google play and then it walks me
through it there's a whole bunch of stuff that i have to agree to
so i agree to that and then i snap a picture of the qr code on the back
it'll automatically pair and when it pairs uh you have a lot of information
at your fingertips one of the coolest things i saw while i was digging through
it was i can set a reminder so i can set a
reminder once a month to start this thing up
the biggest problem with any generator is honestly is when they sit
right i use these things so rare hopefully i use them rarely or if i'm a
camper with my eu 2200 i may use it more often but
that fuel is going to go stale so i love the fact that they built
in a reminder that says once a month hey get out
fire this thing up run it for a few minutes keep that fuel flowing through
it so hey check out this screen record so you
can get an opportunity to see what this bluetooth connectivity is
going to bring to the game for the honda eu series generator thanks for watching
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