There are 2 remote start panels available for my GenSet4000. One is a start/stop switch only, the other has an hour meter. There is a $70 difference. Is the hour meter really worth $70 to have? I imagine an aftermarket HM would be easy to adapt.
I see inexpensive meters that have one wire that wraps around the sparkplug wire. The cheap remote panel has only 4 connections, I assume the 5th wire in the harness is for the HM, so wiring it would definitely be worth saving the $70