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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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tpi's avatar
tpi
Explorer
Feb 27, 2015
I think in general we're thinking of worst case scenarios or what ifs. 75 feet is a pretty decent distance in open air. Just in case be sure the CO detector works.

FWIW I've napped in my class C with generator much closer than that.

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