running generator all night

mgirardo wrote:
The generator is upfront, right behind the cab. Our bed is in the back. The kids either share the dinette or the cabover. Carbon Monoxide detector is in working order on the back side of the dinette.

-Michael

Just a suggestion....Carbon Monoxide detectors should be mounted in the bedroom and high, not low like propane detectors. You should have one high in your bedroom and one high by the kids.

What about your neighbors. Are they getting your noise and exhaust?

Eric... You should have spoken to them... I have stories not unlike yours.

I also have a Gen-turi

I installed the autogen auto starter on my onan 7500 diesel and use it when I have to be parked overnight or for a while anywhere.
Installed it so we could relax a bit better when we had to be away and the poppy couldn't go. We were in AZ in a park and the poor older gentleman had a problem and while checking why his power was off switched our 50 amp service off.
No more of that and thankfully we carried the pup with us.

We tailgated at a Buffett concert Saturday night.
The motorhome beside us (10') ran their generator from noon until the following morning when they pulled out. They did have some sort of medical i.d. sticker on their windshield so I believe they had equipment that needed constant power.

However, their exhaust blew right onto us the entire time.

Why someone knowing they needed to run their generator constantly would NOT have a Genturi, I do not know. Hindsight being 20/20 I should have moved after a couple hours time...but the lot was completely filled by the time I realized what was going on.

I'm just glad we woke up the next morning...

Hi,

It would depend on which way the wind was blowing. 100 feet is a lot safer.

pitch wrote:
I run my Honda or Hondas as the case may be all night. I run them at the full extension of the shore cord. What is that 20/25'? I don't have a concern,should I?

poncho62 wrote:
I dont see the point of running it all night?...Air conditioning maybe?

I would shut it off, open a window and tough it out.......Its called roughing it

Come on down and tough it out when the low for the night is 88

I think nothing of running my built in ONAN all night when I need to. I do keep the CO detector current. The one time the CO detector found a problem, it wasn't my generator, it was the MH engine. Ford took care of that.

I run my Honda or Hondas as the case may be all night. I run them at the full extension of the shore cord. What is that 20/25'? I don't have a concern,should I?

dieseltruckdriver wrote:
We run our Honda 2000 all night very often. We are still here. No it isn't a mile away from our camper, it usually goes where the power cord runs out. We also hardly ever stay at a campground, we are boondocking on BLM land. Our group runs the generators at night to recharge things and run fans etc. We don't want to listen to them during the day. If we are fishing and it is a rainy weekend, it might not shut off all weekend....

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We have ran it at night in winter when the furnace fan is running constantly. The batteries could do it alone, but they would be pretty flat in the morning. Run the cord out to the max and point the exhaust away from the rig -- no problem with CO. There almost always is enough nighttime air movement to dissipate it.