make sure the choke is working
Your Briggs and Stratton 5.5hp only runs with the choke on because it needs a tune up.
Sounds like plugged fuel filter or some kind of blockage in fuel lines or carb. floats sticking.
You need to take you car to a mechanic. It is obvious you do not know what you are doing. Your battery is in the electrical system. Your choke is in the fuel system. They are separate. It is normal to pull out your choke to start your engine. It is not normal to have your choke out to run your engine. As soon as your engine starts, you should push your choke in. When you pull out your choke, you close the air going into your carb. Then you push in the choke to allow air to flow through your carb. That lets you speed up or slow down. If it won't run with the choke pushed in, try pushing the choke in slower.
You might check your primer bulb. Mine was cracked and the only way it would run was with the choke on about half way. I changed the primer bulb -- problem solved. Hope this helps.
Standard is full choke first, then half-choke for a couple of minutes, then run.
You have a plugged piolet jet. The carbs need to be gone through
If the bike is between an 1983 to 87 it does not have a reserve switch. It has an idiot light in the dash that tells you when you are on reserve. If it doesn't work you run out of gas.
Obviously a weak mixture, as using the choke makes the mixture richer. Quite possibly there's an air leak between the carburettor and manifold
yes it may make it run a bit lean, you may need to re jet the carbies
Depending on the year 1983 -- 1987 have alight that comes on on the dash that tells you when you are on reserve. If it does not work you will run out of gas with no notice. The censer is under the seat. Hope this helps
KWH = KW times hours If you run a 750 KW load (lights, motors, so forth) for 1 hour, you have 750 KWH. If you run it for 1/2 hour, 750 KW X .5 hours = 375 KWH. If you run it for 5 hours, 750 KW X 5 = you do the math.