Your last generator Maintenance Run

[3930dave]

Did my three month run today. The gennie only has about 20 hours on it. Ran it under load for about 20 minutes today, running my 3000 psi pressure washer.

Battery was good. Started right up!

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

This reminds me that I have to get a price on a transfer switch and cord for the house. We have a EU6500 on a vending trailer I can use if I needed it.

I know those 5k EUs are plenty quiet; I'd bet a case of premium Sake that the 6500 is a ghost too....

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Be my luck we loose power during this exchange too.

We'll Run Cover for Ya ! I usually tangle with Murph a time or 3/wk...... rest of the guys, Saddle Up !

Rgds, D.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

I know those 5k EUs are plenty quiet; I'd bet a case of premium Sake that the 6500 is a ghost too....

Rgds, D.

We have it in the tongue of our food vending trailer and many times people ask where we are getting power from because they don’t hear it.

 

[3930dave]

We have it in the tongue of our food vending trailer and many times people ask where we are getting power from because they don’t hear it.

They are impressively quiet. Cooking, I'd suspect you are on gas, so the typical background load on that EU probably isn't high.

Rgds, D.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

They are impressively quiet. Cooking, I'd suspect you are on gas, so the typical background load on that EU probably isn't high.

Rgds, D.

Smokers are wood fired, gas assist but the food warmers draw a decent amount.

 

[daugen]

one of the primary reasons I put in a generator was to maintain my basement sump pump,
because if power goes out during heavy rain, the basement gets wet.
This gets complicated for me, without an automatic gen, when I go away for two to three weeks at a time
in my rv.

this little gizmo hooked up to a big AGM battery should keep the pump going for about a day.
More than that, someone will need to come start the generator for me and run it a while.
of course, that means a lot of food will get wrecked but
this is why automatic gens are so wonderful.

so far the tattle tale light has not come on.

I'm still interested in building a LIPO4 battery/inverter setup to save the food.
a good to do project. If I were home all the time, this would be overkill; just go out and start the gen.
But if I'm not, I'm getting to truly
appreciate the simple term
automatic

 

[3930dave]

Smokers are wood fired, gas assist but the food warmers draw a decent amount.

I get challenged cooking for two.... hadn't thought about warmers - electric should make those easy to adjust to the Hold Temp you want.

Burning wood, propane, and gasoline in one spot...... watch that King Klaus doesn't order a hit on you !

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

one of the primary reasons I put in a generator was to maintain my basement sump pump,
because if power goes out during heavy rain, the basement gets wet.
This gets complicated for me, without an automatic gen, when I go away for two to three weeks at a time
in my rv.

this little gizmo hooked up to a big AGM battery should keep the pump going for about a day.
More than that, someone will need to come start the generator for me and run it a while.
of course, that means a lot of food will get wrecked but
this is why automatic gens are so wonderful.

so far the tattle tale light has not come on.

I'm still interested in building a LIPO4 battery/inverter setup to save the food.
a good to do project. If I were home all the time, this would be overkill; just go out and start the gen.
But if I'm not, I'm getting to truly
appreciate the simple term
automatic

That looks like a well thought-out controller; good service reminders.

Does the fluid-sensor sit in one cell to detect height in a flooded lead-acid battery ?

Rgds, D.

 

[daugen]

I have no idea Dave, they didn't provide any extra sensors interestingly.
AGM obviously a moot point
wonder how they detect that?