86 hours on generator, with no shutdown. Now, since I’m using gasoline, the question comes – “Aren’t you supposed to shut it down to add gas?” “Yes” is the simple answer, but why should they be shut down? You see gasoline vapors are ignitable, even though gasoline isn’t (the liquid). It evaporates into vapor quickly, … Read more
As a follow up to a previous post, I have a generator – portable – and want to run parts of my house on it. There’s 3 ways- Direct into panel, automatic transfer switch, or manual transfer switch. Direct into panel, or as the industry calls it “the dead man’s connection”, is a cable that … Read more
Being on the Texas Gulf Coast, I have lived through a fair amount of hurricanes. As a child, I remember Alicia in 1983, being 10 years old, how the water backed up and how much fun we had outside during the “eye” of the storm passing over. We were in Rita in 2005 at my … Read more