Gdetrailer wrote:
MFL wrote:
2oldman wrote:
Gdetrailer wrote:
Maybe some of us value our equipment more and would like to keep them in good order for a much longer life?
I can always count on you to single me out for criticism.
Look at his trailer on profile page, then compare to yours. Envy can be cause for the less fortunate, to attempt to belittle the more fortunate.
Jerry
I don't "envy" anyone here but I can count on some to point out leaving $1K plus items out in all kinds of weather and bragging it never hurts it..
I rather spend less, fix things that others throw away because they abused it and use those items for a long, long time.. Yes, my stuff lasts because I care, it is the reason I have a 120 yr auto in working condition and 50 yr old antique auto that I am currently restoring :B
Making a nice dry shelter for any gen is a good idea, would rather have a dry gen with dry outlets than a rain soaked gen with wet outlets any day.. The bragger just might not wake up after touching their rain soaked gen..
I am with 2oldman on this one 100%. It is in no way abuse. The Hondas are very well protected.
I have WAY over 1000 (probably over 2000) hours on the Honda I bought new, and I have no idea how many hours the one I bought used had before I bought it, but it is approaching 1000 hours since I installed the hour meter on it. I used it for a couple of years before installing it.
If I think of it and I know the weather is going to get bad I will put them under the front overhang or under the slide. If I wake up and they are in the rain, they stay where they are. For the nervous Nancies that think I am going to die because I have my generator within eyesight of my camper, I have two CO detectors, and one of them I have verified is accurate. I know how to do that kind of stuff.
There is a reason the Hondas are worth what they cost. I have no idea how the cheaper gennies are sealed but I know what I have.
Also regarding using them when they are wet, where is the path to ground? I don't drive a ground rod for my generators.
