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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Here is what I think
The generator is better off covered up IF raining while the generator is not running and off the ground if possible, table, bench, chair, crate,,blocks of wood, anything that keeps water from pooling inside, most inverter generators do have small openings in the bottom plastic
While running there is heat and air flow, which will IMO limit and mitigate water collection, help with drying out all components
My portable champion is on a sliding tray in a forward storage compartment, when in use the compartment door provides a roof over the generator for wet weather the exhaust end is pointed out away from the RV, the intake air comes from inside the protection of the compartment, as a bonus it is above ground, I can add a tarp to this if I deem it necessary,
Not everyone has the space accessible, not everyone wants to do something like this,
It also provides easy safe lockable storage when not in use, and traveling, (yeah I know most RV compartments are not "job box" secure, neither are RV entry doors, and you do want it, stored out of sight, when away from the RV)
For me it solves weather use, and storage/ transportation and keeps it readily accessible
in the event of horrendous sideways winds during a rain storm,
Hopefully I will have already put it away,
If not, I will probably have more pressing matters to be concerned with
The generator is better off covered up IF raining while the generator is not running and off the ground if possible, table, bench, chair, crate,,blocks of wood, anything that keeps water from pooling inside, most inverter generators do have small openings in the bottom plastic
While running there is heat and air flow, which will IMO limit and mitigate water collection, help with drying out all components
My portable champion is on a sliding tray in a forward storage compartment, when in use the compartment door provides a roof over the generator for wet weather the exhaust end is pointed out away from the RV, the intake air comes from inside the protection of the compartment, as a bonus it is above ground, I can add a tarp to this if I deem it necessary,
Not everyone has the space accessible, not everyone wants to do something like this,
It also provides easy safe lockable storage when not in use, and traveling, (yeah I know most RV compartments are not "job box" secure, neither are RV entry doors, and you do want it, stored out of sight, when away from the RV)
For me it solves weather use, and storage/ transportation and keeps it readily accessible
in the event of horrendous sideways winds during a rain storm,
Hopefully I will have already put it away,
If not, I will probably have more pressing matters to be concerned with
