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Florence!
On Saturday, 15 September 2018 11:57:15 UTC-4, wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:22:47 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:32:52 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.Â* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.Â* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.Â* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.Â* All new appliances next Tuesday!Â* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.Â* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.Â* Fired right up.Â* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.Â* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.Â* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.Â* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.Â* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.Â* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. That is the good thing about being a regular boater. I always have fresh gas around. My problem now is the cars. We don't drive enough these days to keep the battery up on all 3 of them. I am not sure my wife has been behind the wheel for a year. I should sell one I guess. Battery Tender works well on autos also. === That's what we do. Our three vehicles sit for 6 months when we are away on the boat for the summer. Each one has its own battery tender and they start right up when we get home. Without it the batteries are dead and need to be replaced. I imagine I would forget about the battery tender and drive off with it still connected. Maybe I could get a solar panel style tho. I've done it with the motorcycle. It just unplugs itself. No sweat. |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:26:28 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 9/15/2018 9:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:00:09 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 4:14 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.* All new appliances next Tuesday!* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.* Fired right up.* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. Are you up in Connecticut now or down south with us racists? Why put the bike up for the winter. There's usually a bunch of great riding days in the winter, at least around here. I just keep it ready to go all the time. I am still in Massachusetts, not too far from the beginning of Cape Cod. I am not a big fan of cold weather riding. I bought the motorcycle more as an impulse buy anyway. Might keep it, might not. We'll see. Actually, I enjoy riding the little scooter but it's not all that comfortable for longer rides. I keep kicking around the scooter idea. I'd get one of these. Very comfortable for a tall guy. There is also an extension for the windscreen. With a 650cc engine, the thing will scoot over 100mph and is fine on the interstate. https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/...ABS-5004031071 The inexpensive little scooter I bought is nothing like a Silverwing. Only 150 cc and has a top speed of about 60-65 mph on a good day. Still, it's fun to tool around with and make runs to the convenience store. It's not comfortable enough to go much further. I bought a color coordinated seat cushion for the seat that helps. I've about trashed the scooter idea anyway. Scooters seem like they'd be much more convenient than the motorcycle. But, I'd still have to put on long pants, a jacket, a helmet, and gloves, so the convenience really wouldn't exist. |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:39:42 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 9/14/18 9:51 PM, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:45:15 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 4:29 PM, Tim wrote: John H On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:27:32 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 2:15 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:14 PM, wrote: - show quoted text - That is the good thing about propane. It doesn't go bad. The problem is it may be hard to come by and very expensive after a storm. My generator will run both. I forgot that Harry looks down at little, gasoline powered generators because *he* has a big, whole house generator, supplied by a 1,000 gal propane underground tank. It starts once a week, runs for 10 minutes and shuts off, similar to my neighbor's generator whole house generator he installed three years ago. My neighbor is actually hoping for a longer term power outage just so he can justify the investment he made. I've used my generator twice since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, not counting the summer the stone cutters used it everyday when installing the pool. Each power outage was of relatively short duration and we got by just fine with it. I don't look down my nose at gasoline powered generators. I don't know if a gasoline-powered generator is available in the size we have that would be adequate to run one of our furnace/heat pumps, the well pump, and some appliances and lights. The well pump and heat pump require a substantial generator to start up and run. In the winter, if you don't have some heat available, the water pipes in the walls can freeze. Fixing that would cost a lot more than a generator. Oh, it's a 500-gallon buried tank. We did have one four-to-five day power outage in which the genny served us well. Do you honestly think you need all that when there's a power outage? Most of us could live with a couple space heaters, refrigerator, and some lights. Worried about water in pipes? Drain 'em. Buy some bottled water. Fill the bathtubs for the toilet. You're a mess. If you just have to have running water, leave the faucet trickling. I doesn't get into the negative numbers around here very much, especially in racist southern MD where you live. ........ John, some people don’t have a survivalists sense. Bad when their total life is dependent on others taking care of them.... Why should I want to be a right-wing survivalist when our generator keeps us comfortable, winter or summer, if there is a power outage? Doesn't your idiot buddy Johnny**** carry or use a generator in his motel room on wheels? Can't he put his dog or wife on a treadmill to generate whatever electricity he needs, and can't he poop in the woods? Leaving the water trickling isn't much of a solution when the water in the pipes comes from a well that has a 220 volt pump motor 225 feet underground. When we build our next house, we'll have a propane-fueled permanent generator there, too. My ex has a 5.5KW similar to mine and it pretty much runs the whole house in the winter (no A/C) because they have natural gas appliances. Richard's 2kw would probably get the job done. The only circuit I missed that I wanted to include when the genny was going in was the exhaust fan on top of the gas hot water heater. If the exhaust fan isn't working, neither is the water heater. The solution was simple..the fan just plugs into an electrical socket, so I simply run an extension cord to one of the sockets included in the genny array. That is why I prefer having the whole panel on my generator and I just turn off the water heater and the central air. If I really thought we were going to have a lot of power failures I would put a switch on the heater, connecting the elements in series when I was on generator power. If I interlocked the 2 well pumps I would never have a problem. The wiring is there, I just need to add a DPDT contactor. As long as we use a little switch discipline, the house runs pretty much normally on 5.5kw |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:02:24 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:11:51 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/15/18 11:56 AM, wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:22:47 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:32:52 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.* All new appliances next Tuesday!* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.* Fired right up.* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. That is the good thing about being a regular boater. I always have fresh gas around. My problem now is the cars. We don't drive enough these days to keep the battery up on all 3 of them. I am not sure my wife has been behind the wheel for a year. I should sell one I guess. Battery Tender works well on autos also. === That's what we do. Our three vehicles sit for 6 months when we are away on the boat for the summer. Each one has its own battery tender and they start right up when we get home. Without it the batteries are dead and need to be replaced. I imagine I would forget about the battery tender and drive off with it still connected. Maybe I could get a solar panel style tho. Pain in the ass though it is to do so, I pull the starter battery out of my garden tractor after the last "mow," leaving the tractor in the storage building and bringing the battery into the garage, where I hook it up to a battery tender. Even so, the batteries in these tractors tend to be, basically, motorcycle batteries, and they don't last more than three years, no matter what you do, and whether they are "expensive" or "el cheapos." I used to get five or six years out of the battery in my old Toyota 4Runner. I was thinking I had a new battery that went bad in my Honda this spring until I saw the 2010 sticker on it, verified by the receipt in my glove compartment. It was a Walmart special. The two batteries in my truck are WalMart. Why? 'Cause Consumer Reports gave them the highest rating when I bought them - EverStart Maxx. |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:59:07 -0700 (PDT), John H
wrote: On Saturday, 15 September 2018 11:57:15 UTC-4, wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:22:47 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:32:52 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.Â* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.Â* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.Â* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.Â* All new appliances next Tuesday!Â* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.Â* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.Â* Fired right up.Â* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.Â* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.Â* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.Â* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.Â* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.Â* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. That is the good thing about being a regular boater. I always have fresh gas around. My problem now is the cars. We don't drive enough these days to keep the battery up on all 3 of them. I am not sure my wife has been behind the wheel for a year. I should sell one I guess. Battery Tender works well on autos also. === That's what we do. Our three vehicles sit for 6 months when we are away on the boat for the summer. Each one has its own battery tender and they start right up when we get home. Without it the batteries are dead and need to be replaced. I imagine I would forget about the battery tender and drive off with it still connected. Maybe I could get a solar panel style tho. I've done it with the motorcycle. It just unplugs itself. No sweat. Just be careful with that if you mean the clips pull off the battery. I blew up a Harley battery that way. The spark set off the hydrogen and blew out the side of the battery. I imagine my ex still has that evidence in the garage floor. ;-) |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:14:23 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:59:07 -0700 (PDT), John H wrote: On Saturday, 15 September 2018 11:57:15 UTC-4, wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:22:47 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:32:52 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.* All new appliances next Tuesday!* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.* Fired right up.* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. That is the good thing about being a regular boater. I always have fresh gas around. My problem now is the cars. We don't drive enough these days to keep the battery up on all 3 of them. I am not sure my wife has been behind the wheel for a year. I should sell one I guess. Battery Tender works well on autos also. === That's what we do. Our three vehicles sit for 6 months when we are away on the boat for the summer. Each one has its own battery tender and they start right up when we get home. Without it the batteries are dead and need to be replaced. I imagine I would forget about the battery tender and drive off with it still connected. Maybe I could get a solar panel style tho. I've done it with the motorcycle. It just unplugs itself. No sweat. Just be careful with that if you mean the clips pull off the battery. I blew up a Harley battery that way. The spark set off the hydrogen and blew out the side of the battery. I imagine my ex still has that evidence in the garage floor. ;-) No clips on the battery. This gets screwed on to the battery posts and the cord comes out the side of the bike. There it plugs into the cord from the charger. http://tinyurl.com/yadbnx6c If you look close you can see the socket covered by some of the wire. A zip tie keeps the cord attached to the frame of the bike. You could easily do the same with your autos, as I've done with the truck. |
Florence!
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:14:15 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:02:24 -0400, wrote: I was thinking I had a new battery that went bad in my Honda this spring until I saw the 2010 sticker on it, verified by the receipt in my glove compartment. It was a Walmart special. The two batteries in my truck are WalMart. Why? 'Cause Consumer Reports gave them the highest rating when I bought them - EverStart Maxx. There are only a few companies that make all of the batteries. Johnson Controls makes Walmart batteries, along with a lot of name brands. |
Florence!
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:11:51 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/15/18 11:56 AM, wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 07:22:47 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:16:44 -0400, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:32:52 -0400, wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.Â* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.Â* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.Â* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.Â* All new appliances next Tuesday!Â* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.Â* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.Â* Fired right up.Â* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.Â* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.Â* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.Â* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.Â* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.Â* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. That is the good thing about being a regular boater. I always have fresh gas around. My problem now is the cars. We don't drive enough these days to keep the battery up on all 3 of them. I am not sure my wife has been behind the wheel for a year. I should sell one I guess. Battery Tender works well on autos also. === That's what we do. Our three vehicles sit for 6 months when we are away on the boat for the summer. Each one has its own battery tender and they start right up when we get home. Without it the batteries are dead and need to be replaced. I imagine I would forget about the battery tender and drive off with it still connected. Maybe I could get a solar panel style tho. Pain in the ass though it is to do so, I pull the starter battery out of my garden tractor after the last "mow," leaving the tractor in the storage building and bringing the battery into the garage, where I hook it up to a battery tender. Even so, the batteries in these tractors tend to be, basically, motorcycle batteries, and they don't last more than three years, no matter what you do, and whether they are "expensive" or "el cheapos." I used to get five or six years out of the battery in my old Toyota 4Runner. I was thinking I had a new battery that went bad in my Honda this spring until I saw the 2010 sticker on it, verified by the receipt in my glove compartment. It was a Walmart special.y start. On my recent trip to Glacier National Park, had a weak battery. Walmart in Twin .falls, ID tested it and changed it. No cost, which I thought was odd, as figured out of warrantee. Get home and a day later truck will hardly start. Next day no start. Looked at the batteries and they changed the new one, not the one with the 12/11 sticker that tested weak. |
Florence!
On 9/15/2018 3:02 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 12:26:28 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/15/2018 9:34 AM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:00:09 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 4:14 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:04:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/14/2018 12:04 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 11:43 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/14/18 11:28 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 9/14/2018 10:50 AM, Its Me wrote: On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:47:42 AM UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:34:54 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: Well, after we had to evacuate the house for nearly a week while new hardwoods were being laid, sanded and finished,we are back in the house today just in time for Florence. At this time the biggest worry is power outage... the storm is down to a Cat 1, but is moving so slowly it will dump lots of rain.Â* We're on a hill so no worries of flooding, but power is a concern with a well. Should have pulled the trigger on a gen, but we've briefly lost power twice in ten years, so it hasn't been at the top of the list. Work is 10 minutes away, and we have a huge gen, kitchen and showers so really no big deal.Â* Plus I have about 5 ways to cook without electricity, so we are OK. Hope anyone in the path fairs well.Â* I'll probably just spend my time painting the newly remodeled parts.Â* All new appliances next Tuesday!Â* Then we'll have a complete kitchen again after almost 3 months.Â* Whew! I've heard nothing but good about this generator from the RV crowd. https://www.harborfreight.com/3500-w...tor-63584.html As soon as I find a buyer for my Honda 2200, I'm getting the Predator. Thanks, but I need 240V@30A to run the well pump. I don't necessarily need 240v (split phase) but if my Honda ever gives up the ghost I'll shop for one. Speaking of the Honda ... I just pulled it out of the storage shed and gave it three pulls.Â* Fired right up.Â* Last time it was used was last winter when we lost power for a couple of days.Â* Still has the same gas in it that it had then with a splash of Stabil in it.Â* I have it running right now, trying to run it out of gas so I can use fresh gas if and when I need it again.Â* It's just purring away on the old gas. So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two.Â* It may lose some of it's BTU's so an engine can't develop it's full HP rating but I see no evidence of that.Â* I put a 1500 watt space heater on it as a load so it burns the gas faster and it runs just fine. Ahh, you put Stabil in your generator's tank and the gas was good enough to start up and run your generator and therefore "So much for the stories that gas goes bad in a month or two." Gotta love that scientific methodology. http://funkyimg.com/i/2Le5c.jpg Universal truth from a single observation? Just an additional data point from the time the generator sat for five years unused with gas in it. (again, used some Stabil). After all that time it ran, although it took extra pulls for it to fire up. Once running, it burned up the five year old gas with no problems. I am in the habit of adding Stabil to the gas storage jug immediately after I fill it with fresh gas. In that way the generator always has treated gas and it has always fired up and run fine after long periods of sitting (i.e. 5 years). Just my experience and only with the little Honda generator. Works for me. Doing the same now with the gas I use in the little scooter, based on the luck I've had with the generator. The only difference is that the scooter uses high test (93 octane) gas. When it's time to put the motorcycle away for the winter, I'll do the same for it. In fact, the owner's manual for the Suzuki specifically says to fill the tank with fresh gas, add an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer (the manual recommends Stabil), run the motorcycle for a while to distribute the treated gas throughout the fuel system including the fuel injectors before permanently storing the motorcycle. Are you up in Connecticut now or down south with us racists? Why put the bike up for the winter. There's usually a bunch of great riding days in the winter, at least around here. I just keep it ready to go all the time. I am still in Massachusetts, not too far from the beginning of Cape Cod. I am not a big fan of cold weather riding. I bought the motorcycle more as an impulse buy anyway. Might keep it, might not. We'll see. Actually, I enjoy riding the little scooter but it's not all that comfortable for longer rides. I keep kicking around the scooter idea. I'd get one of these. Very comfortable for a tall guy. There is also an extension for the windscreen. With a 650cc engine, the thing will scoot over 100mph and is fine on the interstate. https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/...ABS-5004031071 The inexpensive little scooter I bought is nothing like a Silverwing. Only 150 cc and has a top speed of about 60-65 mph on a good day. Still, it's fun to tool around with and make runs to the convenience store. It's not comfortable enough to go much further. I bought a color coordinated seat cushion for the seat that helps. I've about trashed the scooter idea anyway. Scooters seem like they'd be much more convenient than the motorcycle. But, I'd still have to put on long pants, a jacket, a helmet, and gloves, so the convenience really wouldn't exist. The thing I like about the little 150 cc I have is that it is super lightweight compared to a motorcycle. It's nimble, easy to maneuver under power or just pushing. It has a turning radius that is about half that of the Suzuki. The Suzuki CT-50 weighs 696 lbs wet. The scooter is just over 200 lbs. I noticed that the Honda Silver Wing is about 550 lbs wet. To me, although it looks like a scooter, it's weight defeats one of the main advantages of one. Each are made for different things. |
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