3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

skyzoomer wrote:

ol Bombero-JC wrote:
One of the stories is/was of a family using a portable generator due to a power outage - and being overcome by high concentrations of CO.

The coverage showed the generator in the yard - quite a distance from
the house! Of course, there's no way to tell if that was the location
when it was running or not. [Victims apparently survived].

Hmmm, looks like distance is not that effective if the wind is blowing the fumes toward the house. Maybe an exhaust stack with the top of the stack above the roof is the only safe way to go? Definitely got me wondering.

Here in Washington State, during the last big power outage, people were running the generators in carports and in garages with no concern for the CO. Multiple fatalities in several incidents.

The main issue is to make sure there is sufficient distance and GOOD air circulation. Not too many people are going to build 25' exhaust stacks to get the exhaust above the rooflines of multi-story houses unless it is a fixed installation.