Someone gave me this generator.
Toro T1800
I wish I had more because I have some questions about it. But before I ask, I want to give the correct model and serial. Can't seem to find it and thought someone may be able to help. When I look T1800 up on Toro's site it returns just one model, 62018, but several ranges of serial. I can't find a placard or sticker anywhere on it. I found a number on the engine. SE180-021485 and a number on the generator module, Mod: SE1841T No. 30N 536, but no model and serial. Can anyone direct me on where I should be looking?
My questions, once we identify it, are....
This was given to me. It was surging when it came in. I don't have a dump truck full of experience with generators but have tinkered with a few. I cleaned the carb and it runs great but I thought I should dial it in under load.
There are basically 3 adjustments I can make on this. There is a screw on the carb, which appears to be an air mixture screw. It was set to about just under 2 turns when I got it so I went with that. There is an idle screw and then a governor spring adjustment screw.
There are 2 120V plugs on the machine and it says 12.5 amps. I attached a shop vac to it which draws 11.1 amps and the machine had a hard time with it. RPM's dropped and it labored. I'm guessing that there is a peak initial draw on it which may be causing the problems. If I attach a couple of 120V lights to it it doesn't skip a beat.
My ultimate question is, what kind of load should I have on this while I dial it in? Once I have a model and serial, I'm guessing I can get an RPM that it should be running at. It was just up over 3700 which I assumed was high but I don't know for sure. I adjusted the idle screw down a bit to get it closer to 3600. I'd like to set it up with a proper load and then attack the adjustments. Not even sure if that's the proper method. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you.