I suggest using the oil type that the engine manufacture recommends.
The wrong viscosity oil can shorten the engine life.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question
Bob, so, is 10 30 different than 10W30? I'm supposed to change the oil after
the first 8 hours of usage, so I can put something else in there then I guess.
Bill Stephan
Kansas Citty MO
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (816)803-2469
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Kennedy <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 10:21 am
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question
> That's usually for summer temps. I'm hoping they said you can use
> something like 4 or 10 30 during winter.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Stephan
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] A Generator Storage Question
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> 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.com
> Sent: 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
> 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.
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