Can a generator get rained on?
I understand the danger of running generator in the rain...but that's not my issue... If we are camping, and have the generator with us but are not actually using it at the time (operating on shore...
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time2roll wrote:
This is my favorite quote:
soren wrote:
I use a Honda 2000, on a daily basis as a homebuilder. It runs eight hours a day, sitting in the mud, snow or on a gravel pile. It has spent days in the pouring rain, seen a few snow storms, and got peed on by a dog. After three years, the case is banged up a bit, it needs a tune-up and an oil change. As for a rain cover......seriously? Don't forget to knit a little sweater for it too....it's chilly out.
Lol, I think I remember that post!
Personal experience: virtually the only time we use our 6kw generator at home is when the power goes out. 90% of the time the power goes out it’s due to storms and the generator sits out away from the house (noise) in the weather. When camping with the little Honda, it runs in the rain too.
Professional experience: In my profession we run many generators daily for temp power during construction. All weather, rain, snow, have worked a lot in the desert as well, but 10 years in Seattle, if we didn’t run gennys in the rain, our guys would have to use hand tools 6 months out of the year.
You know it’s a miserable day out when someone is stationed at the genny re setting the GFI all afternoon!
Short story, it is perfectly acceptable and accepted to not only expose them to rain, but to use them in rain as well.
