Generator Cover

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I have a tent for my generac. Search gentent

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I hear you can't put under carport???

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Carbon monoxide will kill you. It'll get up in the attic or go through the soffit and into your house.

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I hear you don't want it covered???

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If you are talking about a portable generator on wheels, than it's basically just an air cooled gas engine. It needs airflow. You can put a tarp over it, but I'd keep it off the generator itself.


I've just left mine in the rain. The gas tank covers the intake and exhaust and the air-cooled motor generally burns off any rain. If it was pouring I'd probably just put a tarp over it though.

I've explored the GenTent before. Does it withstand storm winds?

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couldn't you just use a 10'x10' canopy tent like those for tailgating or something? That way the generator gets enough air around it for cooling. I have a portable diesel generac that the gentent won't work with because of the exhaust location.

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10'x10' canopy tent

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This is my plan if it rains while I’m on generator power. Haven’t had to try it yet.

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One of those cheap pop up deer hunting blinds could probably work with the exhaust pointed towards the open door or window of the blind. They also fold flat for storage

Someone mentioned before get two sawhorses and put a piece of plywood over it. Put a cinder block on top.

At the old hunt camp we used a generator. We kept rain off it with 4 T posts and a piece of 4x4' plywood U-bolted to the posts.

Plywood was probably 2-3 feet above the top of the generator. Worked well for us.

It’s fine