I live just north of Clearwater. Went through Debby with you. Unbelievable amount of rain and rain bands. One issue that I see is that you have the generator right next to the house, the problem is the exhaust fumes will go up into the soffit vents above and could have some nasty effects on your life. 20 feet is the minimum that is required for safe operation, per the manufactures and fire departments. Also, my old generator just finally got tired after 20 years. I started it at least 2 times a year for testing, January and June with a system test, but the main thing that kept the generator running for all those years was that I would only put in a quart of gas in the tank, start the generator, test the system and let the gas tank run dry. No gas to turn into varnish... I also changed the oil every 2 years, just to keep that fresh.
I live just north of Clearwater. Went through Debby with you. Unbelievable amount of rain and rain bands. One issue that I see is that you have the generator right next to the house, the problem is the exhaust fumes will go up into the soffit vents above and could have some nasty effects on your life. 20 feet is the minimum that is required for safe operation, per the manufactures and fire departments.
Also, my old generator just finally got tired after 20 years. I started it at least 2 times a year for testing, January and June with a system test, but the main thing that kept the generator running for all those years was that I would only put in a quart of gas in the tank, start the generator, test the system and let the gas tank run dry. No gas to turn into varnish... I also changed the oil every 2 years, just to keep that fresh.
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