On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:43:03 -0400, Keyser Soze Â*
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On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:Â*

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I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever givesÂ*
up the ghost I'll shop for one.Â*
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Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed andÂ*
gave it three pulls.Â* Fired right up.Â* Last time it was used was lastÂ*
winter when we lost power for a couple of days.Â* Still has the sameÂ*
gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.Â* I have itÂ*
running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gasÂ*
if and when I need it again.Â* It's just purring away on the old gas..Â*
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So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.Â* It mayÂ*
lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP ratingÂ*
but I see no evidence of that.Â* I put a 1500 watt space heater on itÂ*
as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine.Â*
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Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enoughÂ*
to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for theÂ*
stories that gas goes bad in a month or two."Â*
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Gotta love that scientific methodology.Â*
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"The story comes from people storing E-10 in vented boat tanks. It isÂ*
constantly absorbing water, up until the point of phase separationÂ*
(scientifically described as the point at which the alcohol hasÂ*
reached it's saturation point and comes out of solution with theÂ*
gasoline).Â*
Gasoline itself still has a shelf life but that has to do with the outÂ*
gassing of the more volatile components. That is a much longer processÂ*
but it still happens."



Don't you watch those various zombie...walking dead shows?
Gasoline is good after 10 years of sitting in old vehicle tanks and batteries hold their charge just as long.