On 11/3/2012 1:45 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
On 11/2/2012 12:27 PM, Channel Jumper wrote:
I have to ask if the Generator is a Generac.

If it is the brushless type Generac - you might want to invest in a
extra capacitor for the generator.

It's a Briggs and Stratton unit.

IN the 5W size Briggs & Stratton and Genrac are ... Different paint jobs
(nothing more) IN fact if you contact Genrac, for customer support on a
small portable type Genrac, the reply comes from Briggs & Strattion..
Mine is a Genrac 1KW, with legs, I'd love to identify the legs so I
could get the generator back and send the legs to where they need to
spend some quality time.

My other genrator is a Onan 5,5KW, it runs everything in the motor home
with enough left over for a couple of trailers. But we cook with GAS
when we do that. That puppy burns about a gallon an hour, but can use
up to 3/4 of the fuel tank on the house, that's 70 gallons so over fifty
hours of power if the tank is full,, When I had a sticks and bricks, I
only used about 3KW to power the house during a power fail. LIke you I
had not one, but several switches.

I did not worry about CO still do not, the Motor home was about 100 feet
from the house (Well the generator) so that was safe, and in the motor
home itself I use a Gen-turi exhaust extension to get the exhaust
gasses, CO included, up over the roof where they can just keep goign UP.
WOrks great.

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On 11/3/2012 12:31 PM, John Davis wrote:

I did not worry about CO still do not, the Motor home was about 100 feet
from the house (Well the generator) so that was safe, and in the motor
home itself I use a Gen-turi exhaust extension to get the exhaust
gasses, CO included, up over the roof where they can just keep goign UP.
WOrks great.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) is one of those things that has to be dealt with
according to the worst possible outcome: dead bodies. I'm not an expert,
and I've taken my share of chances, but I don't run generators next to
open windows or inside garages.

I have a "Catalytic" heater that I used to take on camping trips: it
runs on Naphtha and throws a *LOT* of heat very quickly. I always insist
on keeping a window open and a door ajar when I've got it going, and I
*NEVER* keep it running while I'm asleep.

Now, you might wonder why I tell you all this. Frankly, it's because I
feel like an old fuddy-duddy every time I play it safe, and I wonder if
it's all hype put out by the insurance companies.

Still, I take the precautions. Until someone convinces me otherwise,
when it comes to Carbon Monoxide, I'm a live coward.

73,

Bill, W1AC

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