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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KCFDCapt wrote:
As a retired fire captain I have experience with Honda generators in wet conditions. Our light plants were based on a 1000 watt Honda generator with a flood light attached. We used them outside, inside, when ever and where ever needed. They stand in water, mud, at odd angles and get rained on. I have seen one hit with a full straight stream from a 1 3/4 nozzle and get knocked across the room. It quit running. We stood it up, fired it up and it never missed a beat. Water proof? I don't know. Fireman proof? Seems to be.
My concern would be while it is running and producing Alternating Current (AC) that there is a shock danger since during a rain the water on the ground and everywhere can conduct the electricity a distance. For Firemen this seems to not be an issue, and you guys are very aware of power line voltage transmission when wires fall...
I would not think that any of the generator coils or electronics getting we when not running would be an issue. Most/all of the critical electronics are contained and weather proof and the generator head is just copper and magnets, right, not going to melt away.
Your engine air filter is probably paper so will not like sucking in wet air.
Also, all you people with silly instructions on how to cover a generator from the rain, just STOP. Please take a break from posting on any forum if this is what you think the OP was asking. The man is asking about it getting wet, not how to put a cover over it or what will keep it dry, we are not 3 years old... wow, just wow.
