How many hours will a 7000 watt generator run....
2 250 watt heat lamp bulbs? 5.5-6 gallon gas tank. I am thinking 12 hours.
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A portable gasoline generator (such as pictured) produces on the order of fifty times (50X) the CO that your car does, assuming you have a gasoline engine (a diesel generator--and of course LP--puts out much much less CO). Not only does a small gennie lack a catalytic converter, but the tune on these small carb engines is rudimentary by comparision.
Is there anybody here who would run their truck for hours still hitched to the TT? Perhaps to stay warm from the exhaust? Of course not. We know better with our cars, and yet our cars are much safer than our gennies.
CO poisoning just from generators kills 50 to 60 people each year in America--this from the CPSC. More disturbingly still, the trend for these accidents is not among first-timers, but among "experienced" operators who had been accustomed to the same hazardous practices without ill effect--until the wind changed, or the temperature inverted, or snow fell around their RV, etc. All of these real possibilites fall under the category of *zero*.
If you suffer CO poisoning while awake your primary symptom is a crushing headache--as if you had a hat on way too tight. Remember, you can't smell it. If you suffer CO poisoning while sleeping, you simply descend into a deeper and deeper and deeper sleep. Do you think Darwin's going to come tap you on the shoulder before it's too late?
Is there anybody here who would run their truck for hours still hitched to the TT? Perhaps to stay warm from the exhaust? Of course not. We know better with our cars, and yet our cars are much safer than our gennies.
CO poisoning just from generators kills 50 to 60 people each year in America--this from the CPSC. More disturbingly still, the trend for these accidents is not among first-timers, but among "experienced" operators who had been accustomed to the same hazardous practices without ill effect--until the wind changed, or the temperature inverted, or snow fell around their RV, etc. All of these real possibilites fall under the category of *zero*.
If you suffer CO poisoning while awake your primary symptom is a crushing headache--as if you had a hat on way too tight. Remember, you can't smell it. If you suffer CO poisoning while sleeping, you simply descend into a deeper and deeper and deeper sleep. Do you think Darwin's going to come tap you on the shoulder before it's too late?
