Everything To Know About The DuroMax XP13000EH Dual Fuel Generator

So this is the Duramax XP13000 EH

so I just want to do a quick rundown of everything and go ahead and show you how this actually works

So for starters, the reason we got this generator is because we were looking for something more versatile

The old generator we had was only gas-powered, and so we were looking for something else

And in this one, this one caught the eye just because it's not only gas-powered, but also powered by propane

so it's a little bit more reliable in that sense. And the main reason for the reliability is of course gonna be because of propane

Propane just has a much higher shelf life, so you don't have to get worried about accidentally leaving gas in here and it going bad

because you can just go ahead and use propane instead. And also with propane, it's gonna be a little bit more cost-effective too

Now, starting at the side of the generator, right over here, we are gonna get some nice instructions

that basically show us how to go ahead and turn it on, whether it be with gas or with propane

And taking a look on the left here, this is gonna be the choke lever, which is right over here

So right now, it's currently in the open position. And if I move it to the right, it'll go ahead and be closed

And right below that, we're gonna go ahead and have the air filter. And to be able to actually go ahead and remove this

We do have to go ahead and unscrew this all the way and it goes in and comes off with these two clips

Now, right over here, this is gonna be the fuel valve. And of course, because it is up and down

this is gonna be in the on position But if we wanna go ahead and shut off the line we can just move it to the left and it go ahead and shut off Right here we going to have the manual rope start which we can go ahead and use for both gas or propane But of course the best option the easiest option is

just going to be the push start, which I'll show you in a little bit. Now going to the bottom, here's going to be the wheels. And one thing to know is there's only going to be two wheels

which makes it easy to carry up or down. And then we could just go ahead and set it down, not have to worry about this rolling down because right now I am on a slight incline. So if this

did have four wheels, it would be at risk of potentially going down. All right, so now we're

at the front of the generator. And right over here, Duormax made it real simple. All the startup

instructions are actually going to be down over here. But what we want to focus on would be over

here, this fuel switch. So right now it's currently in the storage position. So when you want to go

ahead and of course store it, you'd leave it right centered over here. If you want to go ahead and use

propane, we'd switch it to the left. If you want to use gas, we'd switch it to the right. And if

propane is used, right over here is going to be the propane inlet. So this is where we'd go ahead

attached valve to it. And now moving to the right side this is going to be where all the power stuff

is. So in the upper left corner here's going to be the push start which this literally just looks

like one from a regular car so if you do have a push start car this is going to look very familiar

Now on the right side we are going to have some indicator lights that'll let us know if it's charging or if it on low oil Right here we going to have some switches so when we go ahead and actually use it we want to make sure the battery switch is on And if we using gas we wanna go ahead and turn on the idle control And of course the last step to actually get power

would be to turn on the circuit breaker, which would be flipping it upwards. And then here's gonna be our AC breakers

And right here, these are gonna be the different outlets that we have. So we're gonna have an AC, 120 volt, 30 amps

The regular ones we have in our house, the 120. And the good thing about these is they're gonna actually be tamper resistant

So like the ones you'd have in your kitchen or in your bathroom. Right over here is going to be with a 120, 240 volt, 30 amps

And the big beast to go ahead and actually attach to the house would be the 120, 240, 50 amp one

And so this is something we would plug in right over there. The last outlet is going to be this 12 volt one

So sort of like the one you have in your car. And now going up right here, we're going to have a DC protector

And of course, the little LCD screen that basically just shows us a little bit more information, the multimeter

And let's not forget up on top because right here, this is where the fuel is going to go. And it does hold 8.3 gallons

And here you can go ahead and see how it looks like it does have a chain. and this strainer and this part to indicate fuel level

And on the right side, we are gonna have these handles that go ahead and just lock in place, just like so

just to go ahead and make it easier to go ahead and move this. So just like a wheelbarrow, we just lift up

and then we can either push up or just pull back, just like so And it real easy to go ahead and move this And so now comes time to actually turn on the generator and i going to go ahead and be using propane for the demonstration and so right here i got the tank and here going to be the line so the first thing to do is just to go ahead and lift

this cap up and then go ahead and connect the propane inlet right over here so it's as tight

as i can get it so i do have a wrench just to go ahead and tighten it a little bit more just like that now we can change the fuel switch to propane which is going to be on the left side

and now attach the other end of the line to the propane tank. Then open the valve on the propane tank

and finally hold the start button and when it goes and turns on, just turn on the circuit breaker

And if you do want to go ahead and use the generator for your house, of course you are

going to need the actual generator power cord, which is going to be something like this. This connects right over here, and now the other end of the cord will of course be connected

to the inlet box right over here. So yeah, that's a quick look at the Duramax XP13000 EH Hybrid Generator