Propane gennie maintenance in cold winter
Outdoor Canadian winter storage. Take both batteries out, but now I have to run the propane gennie for an hour each month. Do I have to put a battery back in, or use a battery booster pack,.....O...
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The purpose of staring combustion engine during storage is to evaporate water that might condensate in crankcase.
That doesn't apply to dry climates where I live and it takes warming up the engine to full operating temperatures to evaporate the water.
Short idling without load can actually do more harm than good.
Electric motors/generators can sit for years and will run just fine.
I have whole fleet of small tools with combustion engines. Some of them are over 20 years old and can sit for 2-3 years without starting.
All I do is run carburetor dry before storage and when gas is over 2 years old, I drain it and put fresh one.
Honda engines with fresh gas will take 1 or 2 pulls to run again.
Other engines take several pulls.
Only on 11 HP Honda engine I had to replace carburetor orings at 20 years mark.
That doesn't apply to dry climates where I live and it takes warming up the engine to full operating temperatures to evaporate the water.
Short idling without load can actually do more harm than good.
Electric motors/generators can sit for years and will run just fine.
I have whole fleet of small tools with combustion engines. Some of them are over 20 years old and can sit for 2-3 years without starting.
All I do is run carburetor dry before storage and when gas is over 2 years old, I drain it and put fresh one.
Honda engines with fresh gas will take 1 or 2 pulls to run again.
Other engines take several pulls.
Only on 11 HP Honda engine I had to replace carburetor orings at 20 years mark.
