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the safe way is to have about 5-6 or more deep cell boat batterys and have a powerrful inverter that converts 12v to 110 v current that is the safest way
be careful with portable genererators
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I sold my generator when I moved last year, wish I took pics of setup. It had a five foot coupler that went to a modified car muffler, this made it quiet and allowed me to run it in my back porch, while venting gases outside, kinda like being inside but it wasn't because there was a door between house and porch.
My buddy Jim has a spikeboard around his Honda generator he uses at deer camp, no problems yet, but he gases up before dark!
My buddy Jim has a spikeboard around his Honda generator he uses at deer camp, no problems yet, but he gases up before dark!
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The honda EU series generators are excellent. I have a EU2000 and a EU6500 and they are fantastic. They are mouse fart quiet and with the ecothrottle they just sip fuel. Only fault is the cost. Aint cheap but worth every dime. Carbon Monoxide is bad news. Good thread to remind all to check CO and smoke detectors in the home.
don't you have a wood stove at camp? seems teh 40+'s could fill it on their "short walks" all night long, and carry a flash lite or lantern..............
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Smart full-time RVers have solar panels and as many 6 volt, 220AH, deep-cycle, golf cart batteries as their RVs can carry. Boat batteries are semi deep cycle, not full deep cycle.
The forced air furnaces in RVs will complete drain the batteries overnight. The forced air furnace's in RVs are extremely noisy.
Many use catalytic LP gas heaters which don't emit Carbon Monoxide gas. However, catalytic heaters do deplete the air of oxygen.
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Good idea, though you would still need a generator to charge the batteries.
I've often thought of doing what you described. Given that I have 4 large batteries, would a 1500W inverter power my shack essentials for say 12 hrs., with the generator running half that time to charge the batts?
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John
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Lol, that's why I bank snow around the outhouse.
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Ya, I can't believe it, we're experiencing a winter not too much different from Southern Ontario.
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The funniest thing I ever saw was a guy scrambling out of an outhouse with his pants still down. The house hadn't been used in quite a while, and there was a nest of wasps under the seat. An icy draft is no big deal.
The funniest thing I ever saw was a guy scrambling out of an outhouse with his pants still down. The house hadn't been used in quite a while, and there was a nest of wasps under the seat. An icy draft is no big deal.
Yep, that'd do for me....
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That's a funny visual. Here's one about grandma dumping gas down the center seat of the outhouse and grandpa lighting his pipe. Lol
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FWIW, I have an "RV" Onan 4KW generator in my detached garage/barn... It's bolted to a frame I welded up, with a boat gas can (fuel guage, etc) next to it on the frame, as well as a motorcycle battery... I just welded a 1.5" exhaust pipe to it, and it turns up, has (2) car mufflers, goes up to the gable and through it, then once outside, goes up above the roof and has a tractor-style flap on the top that the exhaust moves out of the way... Works really well, isn't real quiet inside the shop, but the exhaust outside is very quiet, and doesn't attract attention like the portable ones do... Plus, it's inside my detached garage, so it's out of the weather and snow... and thieves...
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In your neck of the woods it could have been a copperhead, a man has got to protect his assets.
Last years ice storm....
I didnt have elect. for 2 weeks,,and was lucky I was on the ball and called sears up the first thing when my elect. went out and they put me on a pickup list....Now I got home,,and was wondering...I have a long,,,wide poarch and did a drop cord where my gen. couldnt get wet,,but was wondering what if I didnt have a poarch,,where would I have put it where it wouldnt get hammered with the weather....Maybe some folks can come on here and tell what they had to do in that situation....I also made sure,,even it was outside,,it was away from any doors or windows.....Hope to see some good safe tips here....
I didnt have elect. for 2 weeks,,and was lucky I was on the ball and called sears up the first thing when my elect. went out and they put me on a pickup list....Now I got home,,and was wondering...I have a long,,,wide poarch and did a drop cord where my gen. couldnt get wet,,but was wondering what if I didnt have a poarch,,where would I have put it where it wouldnt get hammered with the weather....Maybe some folks can come on here and tell what they had to do in that situation....I also made sure,,even it was outside,,it was away from any doors or windows.....Hope to see some good safe tips here....
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If this thunder sneet don't stop soon I will be firing the jinny up:monkey: Trying to figure where to put it kitchen or spare bedroom:hmm3grin2orange:
What I was wondering Bro...
What if you didnt have a detached garage,, barn....Just a home with no cover over it...Kinda what I was gettin at....The instructions with my gen. said save the box for a cover,,and I thought,,,thats gotta be insane,,me going to bed and have a cardboard box covering the motor,,and it catches on fire and someone burns to death....
What if you didnt have a detached garage,, barn....Just a home with no cover over it...Kinda what I was gettin at....The instructions with my gen. said save the box for a cover,,and I thought,,,thats gotta be insane,,me going to bed and have a cardboard box covering the motor,,and it catches on fire and someone burns to death....
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