On advice from ppl in thsi group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

On Jun 22, 10:11*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in this group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). *It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

good deal man. it will deliver the goods for you, just make sure you
have good ventilation. Even though outside a still night can make the
monoxide drift in strange ways.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:48:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 22, 10:11*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in this group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). *It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

good deal man. it will deliver the goods for you, just make sure you
have good ventilation. Even though outside a still night can make the
monoxide drift in strange ways.

CO is really dangerous. They're a lot more of a risk than a tiny
amount propane gas down current. A friend of mine almost died from CO
poisoning. He didn't even realize it was happening.

On Jun 22, 11:56*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:48:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 22, 10:11 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in this group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

good deal man. it will deliver the goods for you, just make sure you
have good ventilation. Even though outside a still night can make the
monoxide drift in strange ways.

CO is really dangerous. They're a lot more of a risk than a tiny
amount propane gas down current. A friend of mine almost died from CO
poisoning. He didn't even realize it was happening.

Good points y'all. I am so used to running my boats diesel to
generate power that I did not even think of this (Diesels do not make
CO) but I do not ever plan to use it at night or in confined space but
thanx for the warning.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:22:54 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Jun 22, 11:56*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:48:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 22, 10:11 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in this group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

good deal man. it will deliver the goods for you, just make sure you
have good ventilation. Even though outside a still night can make the
monoxide drift in strange ways.

CO is really dangerous. They're a lot more of a risk than a tiny
amount propane gas down current. A friend of mine almost died from CO
poisoning. He didn't even realize it was happening.

Good points y'all. I am so used to running my boats diesel to
generate power that I did not even think of this (Diesels do not make
CO) but I do not ever plan to use it at night or in confined space but
thanx for the warning.

Actually, they do... I had to look it up. Seems to be only under load,
so unless it's under a lot of load, you're ok.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust

You might want to get a CO monitor. That was what saved my friend. His
wife heard it and came to investigate.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:58:36 -0700, wrote:

Actually, they do... I had to look it up. Seems to be only under load,
so unless it's under a lot of load, you're ok.

If you want the last bit of power, you use excess fuel to insure that
all the oxygen in the air is utilized. Since a Diesel ingests the same
amount of air regardless of load, at a given RPM, at part power there
is excess air, and all the fuel get burned. So only trace of CO.

Casady

On Jun 22, 11:11*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in thsi group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). *It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

Let us know how loud it is when you get it. We are looking for a
generator we can run in public, the contractors generator I have now
has got to be 75-80 db and I really don't want to run it in this tight
neighborhood like I did down on the shore where I had a detached barn
to run it in...

On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:33:06 -0700 (PDT), "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"
wrote:

On Jun 22, 11:11*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On advice from ppl in thsi group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). *It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

Let us know how loud it is when you get it. We are looking for a
generator we can run in public, the contractors generator I have now
has got to be 75-80 db and I really don't want to run it in this tight
neighborhood like I did down on the shore where I had a detached barn
to run it in...

====

Running a generator in an enclosed space is never a good idea.

Regarding CO detectors, it's probably a good investment for any boat.
You can easily be overcome by your neighbors generator in an anchorage
with no wind. It happens. We've had a detector for over 10 years
and used to get occasional alarms on our old boat due to "station
wagon" effect when underway in a following wind.

On 6/23/11 10:18 AM, Wayne B wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:33:06 -0700 (PDT), "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"
wrote:

On Jun 22, 11:11 pm, wrote:
On advice from ppl in thsi group, I paid the big bucks for a good
generator and got a Yamaha 2000 watt for $989 from Amazon (yeah, I
know a weird place to buy a generator). It should be here in a couple
of days but the reviews were all very good.

Let us know how loud it is when you get it. We are looking for a
generator we can run in public, the contractors generator I have now
has got to be 75-80 db and I really don't want to run it in this tight
neighborhood like I did down on the shore where I had a detached barn
to run it in...

====

Running a generator in an enclosed space is never a good idea.

Hmmm. What about the hundreds of thousands of boats that have diesel
generators in their bilges?

I always kept my gasoline generator on deck on my 25' Parker, and never
ran it if we were taking a nap in the cabin. Though it was quiet, it
wasn't odor-free...smelled like any other air-cooled gasoline engine
when it was running.


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On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:24:19 -0400, Harryk
wrote:

Running a generator in an enclosed space is never a good idea.

Hmmm. What about the hundreds of thousands of boats that have diesel
generators in their bilges?

Marine generators installed in the bilge have there exhaust vented
overboard as you well know.

A generator running in a shed, barn or other enclosed space can easily
accumulate dangerous levels of CO.