what we did was to drill thru the wall as suggested. which sends a direct line to the main breaker box not more than 8 feet away. the generator sets outside in a large rubbermaid type of box which has a door which flips up or two front doors that swing out. the wire thru the wall also has a second wire coming out to provide power to a battery maintainer.. Like today God forbit the power goes out in this brutal cold wind. the battery is fully charged and I turn the key and work the choke. Lee
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:19:01AM -0600, William Stephan wrote: > Paul: The primary reason I'm trying to do this the way I've explained is > that the little foyer is sheltered. There's nothing at ground level here > that offers any kind of protectin from weather, plus I really don't want to > drill through a joist for something I may never, hopefully, have to use. > > I might, move the thing to the top of my stairs if the weather's not > terribly bad, I have a 10 gauge extension cord that's long enough for > that. > > There seems to be a lot ofdifferent opinions out there in the world about > carbon monoxide's weight relative to air, and so far it sounds like they're > more or less equal, which is perhaps why the stuff is so dangerous. I think > I'm going to do some research into detectors, though the EPA Indoor Air > folks say they're all over the map in terms of reliability. Thanks for the > idea though, it's probably a really good one in fact. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Franklin > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 07:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question > > > > > > Hi Bill, I would be concerned about the build up of Carbon Monoxide in your > below ground stair well after running a gasoline powered generator for an > extended period. CO is heavier than air, tends to collect in low covered > areas and could easily penetrate through your cat door into your basement. > Why not set up the generator at ground level and run the power cable through > a whole through your rim joist into your basement? > > Paul Franklin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:35 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question > > So, I finally got the 10 gauge extension cord, the oil, the gas, the gas > stabilizer etc. for my 3.5KW generator from Aldis. I tested it yesterday > and things worked fine, it runs off an engine with a cast iron block, so > it's not nearly as noisy as I expected. > > Our house has a set of steap concrete stairs leading from the backyard down > to a foyer with a door into the basement. This foyer is sheltered, and > there's actually a sort of awning or canapee that prevents water from > running down into it. There happens to be a cat door in the connecting > door, so my plan is to run the generator in that outdoor foyer, run the > cables through the cat door and inhabit the basement if things get dicey. > > So, my question is this: Can I store a generator like this over the long > term in the kind of sheltered foyer I've described? I could conceivably, > easily enough wheel the thing on a hand truck and keep it in the basement > proper and move it when I need to, but I'm superstitious about having four > or so gallons of gas stored right under the living room. Would you guys > suggest running this every month or so? > > Thanks for any ideas on this one. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4723 (20091228) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset. <http://www.eset.com> com > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4723 (20091228) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset. <http://www.eset.com> com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Your aims are high, and you are capable of much. .
