Portable generator: how long can you run continuously?

Get tri fuel and hook it up to your NG line.

Good synthetic oil about 50 hours. Also, a box fan on it wouldn’t hurt.

I ran my littler generac Home Depot special for 40 days straight after Laura. The only I shut it off was to change the oil every 40 hours. So about ten minutes of down time for every 40 hours of run rime. I did have a box fan blowing on it the whole time.

Shut if off, change the oil, and crank it back off. I ran mine for 16 days straight after Ida.

I changed my oil every 36 hours. But I never turned it off to fill with gas. Or to rest.

Run synthetic oil only and change oil every 48 hours, let er rip, unless it is really hot outside, then include some cool down cycles.

quote:

---

Portable generator: how long can you run continuously?

---

Manuals for gasoline generators will give different intervals of continuous run time normally 150-200 hours. The 150 to 200 hour mark is normally where you need to do more maintenance over just the normal oil change like changing spark plugs, air filter, check the valve clearances, etc.

However, generators run at a consistent speed. They can pretty much run forever. Just make sure that you are changing the oil at the required intervals.

Standby home generators will typically say don’t run them for more than 500 hours continuous. And diesel is anywhere from 10,000 hours to 50,000 hours. Same with those. Regular oil changes and maintenance based on the manual. And then the additional maintenance once you get to the higher intervals.