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SlowBro
Explorer III
Feb 27, 2015

Ok to run a generator at night if no one is around?

Are there safety issues for running a genny at night, outside of CO concerns? In another thread, a member wrote this: 2oldman wrote: On a windless night, your area will be blanketed in CO. I've k...
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SlowBro
Explorer III
Feb 27, 2015
pianotuna wrote:
In my home 200 feet, a garage door, and three house doors away the CO detector would go off when I ran the generator--depending on the direction of the wind.


Sorry are you saying that even 200 feet away your CO detector would trip? If so how in the world do people dealing with power outages/hurricanes handle this? I know they often run gennies 24x7.

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