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R.M. In AL.

09-03-2005 19:05:56




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After Katrina my power was off 56 hours but I was lucky.Anyway I decided to order an electric start generator.My old one is pull start.My question is how should I maintain the battery so its ready to start.My old one would sometimes go a year before being used .I am wondering as time goes by how should i make sure I,m ready to go after a storm..Thanks R.M. In AL




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Elmo Butler

09-04-2005 09:30:38




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 Re: OT/Electric Generator in reply to R.M. In AL., 09-03-2005 19:05:56  
First use Stabil in your gasoline. If you add Stabil to the gen. tank, mix it up by shaking the unit, then run it long enough to get to the carb. Run the unit once a month for about 15 minutes with a load on it. An electric heater makes an excellent load. Any time you try to run it and have a problem, correct it immediately. It is amazing what things will happen to a generator sitting up unused over a period of time. This is what I did while maintaining about thirty emergency generators while I worked for Bellsouth and they always worked when we needed them.

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Rob

09-04-2005 03:16:01




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 Re: OT/Electric Generator in reply to R.M. In AL., 09-03-2005 19:05:56  
Sounds like you need to "store" it between storms rather then have it ready all the time on "stand-by."

That would mean that once you heard a storm coming in you would go out and see to the battery charge and get it ready to go. I am sure that would be less expensive than keeping it on "stand-by" 24/7. Pretty sure it would be less work in the long run.

Manual might give instructions either way. Check it out online. Lots of manuals and parts lists online. I have a bookmark folder with the lawn mowers, chain saws, and all. Pretty nice. I even found a fair number of online shop manuals for my small engines.

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Charles (in GA)

09-03-2005 19:27:05




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 Re: OT/Electric Generator in reply to R.M. In AL., 09-03-2005 19:05:56  
Use the most sophisicated battery maintainer you can find. It will work at keeping your battery charged and ready to use.

I installed one, not real fancy but a "float" maintainer, not just a simple trickle charger, on a generator our neighborhood uses on a well. All was fine till the battery failed internally. This thing is sitting unattended in a well house for months on end. Suddely the maintainer sees a low battery, kicks in and tries to charge it, but since the battery cannot charge with a dead cell, all it does is generate sulfuric acid fumes. Someone did find it before any real damage was done, but after that I installed a timer, the type you use in a house to turn on lights when you are on vacation. Its set to be on for one hour a day, thats all. Its enough time to top the battery but not enough time for a bad battery to cause a fume problem again.

This problem might not have happened with a more sophisicated unit.

Charles

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Willy-N

09-03-2005 19:18:42




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 Re: OT/Electric Generator in reply to R.M. In AL., 09-03-2005 19:05:56  
You should start a generator several times a year(3-4 times at least) and run a load at the same time with it. The load will warm up the windings and dry any moisture out that might get in it. If it looks like I am going to get hit with a bad snow storm I run mine for a while then also. Your battry should last a year or 2 doing this. Just keep the terminals clean and maybe put a trickle charger on it once in a while. Mark H.

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