Good idea Lenny, I didn't even know some of those talked. I'll see if I can find an outlet around here, lowes is very hard to get to without a car.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:35 am Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question > Bill, I would also suggest that you purchase a talking fire/co2 > detector. I > have one that was about $30 that when the alarm goes off it states > fire or > co2. I would place this in the room where the extension cord will > be > entering. That way if any carbon monoxide would be present you > would be > alerted. I purchased mine at Lowes. The reason I went to the voice > models is > a few years ago we came home from church to a home with a > screaming smoke > alarm. Since I have both in the house and the proximity of the > units was > close you could not determine which one was screaming. It took the > firemen a > while to find which one was reacting. It was also determined that > the unit > was malfunctioning. They offered to lend me one until I replaced > mine. That > was no problem we went directly to purchase a replacement and > found this one > that talks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Stephan" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:20 AM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question > > > Ron: The manufacturer's recommendation was 10W30, so that's what > I put in > her. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Ron Yearns > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 20:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question > > > > > > I might suggest a small tarp just to keep the dirt, leaves and > blown rain > off it. I would run it a minimum of once a month. We set the > generators at > the University to run 15 minutes every week. But of course they > were on a > programmed clock and were a little more critical. That generator > does have > multi viscoty oil in it for cold weather starting doesn't it? > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.comSent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:35 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 > yesterdayand 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 > guyssuggest running this every month or so? > > Thanks for any ideas on this one. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4724 (20091229) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > >
