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Posted on 10/8/20 at 11:08 am to Boudreaux35
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Generators are designed to be run outside, in the rain.
This. Get some outdoor extension cords and you are good to go. If you are super concerned you can wrap the connections in plastic or duct tape.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 11:11 am to TDsngumbo
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My carport has a garage door but it's wide open on two sides. Surely it would be safe for me to put it under the carport and run it there, right? My window unit that I would be using would be roughly 25-30 feet away from where the generator would be placed.
Safe or no?
Not safe. As many have mentioned, put it outside and well away from the house.
CO is a killer because our hemoglobin has a much higher affinity for it compared to oxygen. CO binds to the active sites and does not let go readily. Eventually, your blood cannot carry enough oxygen and you pass out.
Exposure to even small leaks, if over long enough time (like overnight sleeping) can kill you.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 1:08 pm to TDsngumbo
If it is raining and I need to run it, then I put it under the slide on the playset. It's in the back of our yard way away from any main structure. It might not keep it 100% dry, but it will reduce how wet it gets. I probably won't even crank it up until it stops raining or slows down a lot since this storm is moving fast. My freezers will stay cold enough to hold us over until then without having power if we aren't constantly opening it.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 2:24 pm to TDsngumbo
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Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:23 pm to TDsngumbo
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Even though the carport doesn't have walls on two sides, though? It seems to me like that's wayyy too much ventilation to cause any issues
It is enough ventilation. I got DV'd to shite, but in all likelihood, you would have zero issues.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:55 pm to Motorboat
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Posted on 10/8/20 at 9:17 pm to TDsngumbo
Do what you want! Why ask the question???
How the hell do people like you keep a job if you don’t understand common concepts. Stop drop and roll if you are on fire never put a bag over your head!
How the hell do people like you keep a job if you don’t understand common concepts. Stop drop and roll if you are on fire never put a bag over your head!
Posted on 10/8/20 at 9:18 pm to baldona
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As said get a CO detector.
Why? He would only argue with it!
Posted on 10/9/20 at 9:25 am to TDsngumbo
Generators are fine outside.
They don't need to be under cover.
They don't need to be under cover.
Posted on 10/9/20 at 2:34 pm to Napoleon
No no just no
There is an info push going now about not even putting a whole house gen outside, under your eave, near your AC condensor unit
The condensor unit blows the gen unit fumes into the attic via the soffit vents
Several families have been killed
Dont frick with CO
There is an info push going now about not even putting a whole house gen outside, under your eave, near your AC condensor unit
The condensor unit blows the gen unit fumes into the attic via the soffit vents
Several families have been killed
Dont frick with CO
Posted on 10/9/20 at 3:36 pm to Drop4Loss
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There is an info push going now about not even putting a whole house gen outside, under your eave, near your AC condensor unit
This is interesting because while I don't have one, literally every home house generator I've seen is within 2-3 feet or so of the house.
Posted on 10/10/20 at 9:34 am to baldona
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This is interesting because while I don't have one, literally every home house generator I've seen is within 2-3 feet or so of the house.
Hmmmm. Mine is definitely under my eave and about 20’ away from my condenser. Like you said, every one I’ve seen is right by the house, so I don’t think it’s an issue. We do have carbon monoxide detectors throughout the house, so there’s that.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 3:15 pm to deaconjones35
Someone posted on here in another thread recently that their newly installed home generator made their detectors alarm in their house.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 5:49 pm to humblepie
Everyone puts CO detectors on the ceilings, but they should be placed lower, as CO is generally heavier than air.
" Carbon monoxide has a molecular weight which is slightly lighter than air; but despite that fact, it doesn't just rise to the ceiling."
Motorhome and boat CO detectors are located at or near the floor.
" Carbon monoxide has a molecular weight which is slightly lighter than air; but despite that fact, it doesn't just rise to the ceiling."
Motorhome and boat CO detectors are located at or near the floor.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 7:54 pm to Motorboat
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If fumes move toward a/c, plug a fan into the genny to blow them away
Make sure the fan is blowing over the generator. If you put it sucking the hot generator air into the fan the heat will most likely burn out the fan motor. From experience.
Posted on 10/11/20 at 10:40 pm to Boudreaux35
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Generators are designed to be run outside, in the rain.
Every bit of information I have read on this subject from operator manuals to portable power forums to google says explicitly to not run a generator in the rain.
The one exception is this site where over and over I see people saying it's perfectly fine to run these things in rain.
Would a qualified electrician care to clear this up?
It sounds like a terrible idea to me and not something you want to be wrong about.
This post was edited on 10/11/20 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 10/13/20 at 2:04 am to Tiger985
I have a Black&Decker generator and the manual says not to run it in the rain.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 9:34 am to LSUA 75
Are you more interested in protecting the value of the generator, or a potential for burning your house down or everybody potentially dying from CO fumes in their sleep?
Those are the two reason why you don't want to run your generator under the garage. frick worrying about the rain. A generator can be replaced a lot easier than a house, and a life can't be replaced.
Those are the two reason why you don't want to run your generator under the garage. frick worrying about the rain. A generator can be replaced a lot easier than a house, and a life can't be replaced.
Posted on 10/13/20 at 1:00 pm to RealityTiger
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Those are the two reason why you don't want to run your generator under the garage. frick worrying about the rain. A generator can be replaced a lot easier than a house, and a life can't be replaced.
That’s completely different from what everyone has been saying. That the generators are MADE to run continuously in the rain.
I completely reserve the right to be wrong here, as I am no master mechanic, but I don’t think small engines and generators were MADE for the rain. Will the water kill them instantly? No probably not. But are those machines MADE for the rain? I highly doubt it.
If I were in the situation of having to use one continuously, I’d do like someone else said and make a little cover for it and stick it somewheres where it wasn’t even close to my house and I would also buy CO2 monitors. It’s not only my life that I’m responsible for and I take that seriously
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