Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#11
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
Florence!
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. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Fc_179_Louis Roux_' Florence L. Genovar '_sqs | Tall Ship Photos | |||
Leather And Straw Canvas Bucket Handbag Rg House Of Florence | Crew | |||
Crimes and Misdemeanors Florence Nightingale | General |