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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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pnichols
Explorer II
Feb 28, 2015
We just turn on a muliti-speed reversible roof vent turned on LOW and set to AIR IN ... then close up everything except this vent. This creates and maintains a slight pressure in the interior ... which prevents any fumes from entering anywhere below the height of a roof vent.

We have run our motorhome's built-in Onan while sleeping in hot/humid conditions using the above technique to be over-the-top safe.

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