Checking assumptions - modern portable marine tanks (like you'd use for a 15hp outboard) are self-venting ? (Meaning have valving in the top of the tank, to allow air In to replace fuel going out).
Asking for a non-outboard owning friend
.Rgds, D.
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Checking assumptions - modern portable marine tanks (like you'd use for a 15hp outboard) are self-venting ? (Meaning have valving in the top of the tank, to allow air In to replace fuel going out).
Asking for a non-outboard owning friend
.Rgds, D.
Nice - even most suitcase tanks would get you through that night no problem.
Rgds, D.
90cummins
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Checking assumptions - modern portable marine tanks (like you'd use for a 15hp outboard) are self-venting ? (Meaning have valving in the top of the tank, to allow air In to replace fuel going out).
Asking for a non-outboard owning friend
Rgds, D.
My old 4 gallon Mercury outboard tank has a valve on the gas cap so you can vent or seal the tank.
90cummins
downsizingnow48
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Ultra if you just order the anodized aluminum cap it will work. You can get the boat tank and primer bulb hose locally.
Thnx, D.
PILOON
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Well we had high winds and consequently a massive power outage, close to 1 million!
My rig fired up on second pull (I'd left ignition switch on, my bad) and we enjoyed owning the generator.
HOWEVER
I manually engaged the sewage pump so as to not flood the septic and clipped onto the wrong side of the fuse box and promptly activated the hydro mains. The poor generator did not agree to powering all the neighborhood and blew something, probably the diodes (rectifier) bridge.
OK, my bad.
I will take advantage and purchase a more powerful generator and later repair the present set for resale.
Meanwhile we dodged serious damage so life is good.
The main thing is we escaped water damage.
As it turns out now that power is back the fact that II actually did have backup electricity for as long as I did still saved all my food (22 CF freezer and 2 fridges full) as I was 'un protected' for less than 8 hrs and we had not opened the freezer nor the fridges.
LOL, (I can laugh now) some good will come of it.
My rig fired up on second pull (I'd left ignition switch on, my bad) and we enjoyed owning the generator.
HOWEVER
I manually engaged the sewage pump so as to not flood the septic and clipped onto the wrong side of the fuse box and promptly activated the hydro mains. The poor generator did not agree to powering all the neighborhood and blew something, probably the diodes (rectifier) bridge.
OK, my bad.
I will take advantage and purchase a more powerful generator and later repair the present set for resale.
Meanwhile we dodged serious damage so life is good.
The main thing is we escaped water damage.
As it turns out now that power is back the fact that II actually did have backup electricity for as long as I did still saved all my food (22 CF freezer and 2 fridges full) as I was 'un protected' for less than 8 hrs and we had not opened the freezer nor the fridges.
LOL, (I can laugh now) some good will come of it.
Not a bad after-action report P....... nothing a few dollars won't fix, and no food lost :thumbsup: Might even just be a breaker or fusible link.
I've seen pictures of arc-flash damage.... it gets much worse fast at that level.
Rgds, D.
I've seen pictures of arc-flash damage.... it gets much worse fast at that level.
Rgds, D.
Industrial Toys
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I am not sure that trying to power up the neighbourhood is something that I would admit to. I don't know why the gen breaker didn't trip and that would be the extent of it.
Fallon
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I concur. It's also quite illegal. Running a generator without a proper disconnect is problematic for this very reason. Sure you can just pop the right breakers & do it fine, but as proven it's easy to get wrong. It also kills lineman or possible bystanders as what should be a dead line goes live.
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NO, It doesn't kill lineman. Let's put it this way. Any lineman that doesn't short out his lines, prior to working on them, and as per SOPs, probably won't live long anyway. If not for that, but maybe some other rule he doesn't follow.
As far as the connections go. If you have any competance at all in electrical matters, you simply wouldn't allow that to happen. I think you would have to have a pretty big plant to continue to make power into the neighborhood. I guess it also depends on where the "switch" tripped out. If your neighbours all have 100 and 200 amp services, just how many of these do you think you will liven up with your Honda?
As far as the connections go. If you have any competance at all in electrical matters, you simply wouldn't allow that to happen. I think you would have to have a pretty big plant to continue to make power into the neighborhood. I guess it also depends on where the "switch" tripped out. If your neighbours all have 100 and 200 amp services, just how many of these do you think you will liven up with your Honda?
