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Mr. Luddite[_4_]

On 3/16/2018 4:31 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:40:59 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:51:26 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Just stopped my Honda generator after a full hours run under load.
Appears that all is right with the world.
Thanks to everyone who commented and offered suggestions etc.
I'm ready now if we get that 4th NorEaster predicated for us.

Put on your calendar to crank that thing every few weeks. I have it in Outlook. Every four weeks I
get a reminder.

I hope that's not true because mine sat 10 years without running
before Irma, it started on the 2d pull and I don't plan on starting it
again until the next hurricane ... but it is running propane ;-)
Actually I do plan to crank it up for a project we are doing at the
boat ramp but I will be running on a 20# propane bottle.
I also have a few little things I want to do with it too, like extend
the oil drain port out far enough so I can drain the oil and not spill
it everywhere. I also want to put an hour meter on it. I may go ahead
and spin up 180 hours or so on it from wall power to be more correct
tho. Once I get everything right, we probably won't have another power
failure for another 10 years. I already put the loops in the inlet box
so I can quickly check the running amps with my clamp. I also set up a
variac to boost the voltage to the fridge in the house. It was a
little cranky about the 110 volts it was getting at the end of the
line. I still need to swap a couple of breakers around to get that off
the same phase as the one in the tiki bar.
I guess I have to get to work ;-)

I use an older version of this to measure voltage and current on the
devices I power with the generator. Also displays watts and kilowatt
hrs. BTW .. the Honda puts out 124.5 volts (no load) and 120 volts full
load. Not bad.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71KD5T1jaNL._SL1500_.jpg

I mentioned that someone just gave me a larger, contractor type
generator. Along with it she gave me a five gallon jug of gas that she
says is about 2 or 3 months old. Obviously she wouldn't have known to
add Sta-bil or anything to it.

Don't know what I am going to do with it. I thought about mixing it in
with the gas in my truck but I found out it's very difficult to fill
it from a jug due to the anti-siphon devices they put in trucks and cars
today. It really requires a nozzle to be inserted well into the fill
line otherwise it backs up and spills all over the place. Nothing is
simple anymore.