Posted: 6/16/2008 8:22:21 AM EDT
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From the post i made earlier about generators and starting fluid. There was a few members said to leave the Carb full and some said let it run dry. Do you let it run dry or or stay full? anything to back which is the proper way? |
| I have no idea what is correct or not, but I can tell you what I have seen. We have a few guys (sheetrock hangers) who fill their generator up at seven to start work. When it shuts off (out of gas) they take lunch, fill it up again, and when it stops again (out of gas) they pack up to go home. They do this almost daily, and have gone through almost four generators in the last year. If that has something to do with it, or if the hours of running paired with the few minutes of actual use have played a part I don't know, but I don't let my generators run dry. |
Rockers are not know for taking care of much of anything around here! Plus, by the time a building is that far along there is some sort of power available besides generator. I always run mine dry and it seems to work for me. |
| You're right, these guys probably don't do much to maintain the thing other than added some oil once in a while. Heck they cover up so many electrical outlets for us to go find it's not even funny. Our jobs don't get hook up until after the carpet is laid to keep other people from mooching off the free hook up.hinking.gif |
| I cut the fuel and let it run dry. Funny this post came up though because I was running my Yamaha 2800i yesterday and as I cut the fuel I was wondering if it was the best way to do it. It's the only way I have ever done it, but I am not a genny expert. but I do run my genny about ecery 6-8 weeks for about 15 minutes under a partial load just to keep it going. It started on the second pull. |
Its good to see that it wasnt just us they covered up boxes on! Damn, I used to mount the meter socket on a board that was temporarily attached to posts so that permanent power was in as soon as the frost walls were poured! How do you mooch power anyway? Cant take it by the bucket.... altho I knew a guy that lived off grid and had some strage batteries and a charger in a plastic tote in the back of his truck and would plug it in as soon as he got to the job.... |
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if it is a backup generator and doesn't see much use (i have such a generator) run it dry, that way if the gas goes bad you can empty it and not hurt anything if it is a generator running all the time, i don't see the harm in just turning it off i'll have to check my manual on that however |
That's a good point - I have 25 gallons stored at the house with StaBil, and I rotate it through use in the lawn mower - the sotck is fully rotated about every 6-9 months. Each time I empty a 5 gallon can, I refil it, add StaBil and put it at the back of the line. |
I don't know how much load they had on the genny when it ran out of fuel, but there is supposed to be no load on them when they are turned off. Also, the cheaper gennies with the splash lubed motors are only intended for occasional use. 500 hours can be a lot on one of these type engines, especially if it is not taken good care of. |
I don't usually use stabil, I rotate my gas stockpile (20 Gal.) through my car. I did stabilize the gas I just refilled my gennie with,however. I only run it about 30 min/month and that gas in it needs to last for a while. Having said that, I still run it dry everytime. I kill it with the switch before it starts chugging too hard (choked all the way). |