Re: Gas Generator Storage, Maintenance and Use Questions
- From: "Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:04:09 -0700
Was the refrigerator running at the same time as the well pump? Is anything
else on the refrigerator circuit besides the refrigerator? The well pump
might have placed a very large load on the generator when it was first
starting up, and there might not have been enough power available if the
refrigerator was running at the same time. (See links below.)
What I would do is keep the well pump off and let the refrigerator run,
then turn the refrigerator off and let *only* the well pump run until the
tank is full/shower completed, etc., then turn well pump off and
refrigerator back on.
Read these...
http://home.aol.com/keninga/genconne.htm
http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/gencho.asp
"M. DeGregorio" wrote in message
> We've never used the Homelite 5500 generator that came with our second
> home until this past weekend. Luckily it was stored by the previous
> owner with no gas and no oil in it. Not knowing what kind of oil it
> took, I used 10-40, filled it half up with gas, and fired it up. It
> started with the first pull. Turned it off, called my husband to get
> him to help bring it over to where it gets hooked up, hooked it up,
> started it again, switched the power lever off grid, and went into the
> house to take a shower (which was the real motivation for *not*
> waiting out what usually is a short power outage).
>
> So the only stuff on the generator was the well pump and refrigerator,
> having turned off everything else.
>
> Then, the generator revved up and then idled down to where it sounded
> like it died then increased its rpms until it sounded normal again,
> producing copious amounts of white smoke. We ran out and turned it
> off. Started it again, and it seemed perfectly normal. It did this
> idling down - white smoke thing a few more times before we finished
> showering and again turned it off. I think it must have coincided
> with the well pump but I'm not sure.
>
> The last time this generator was used was before spring of 2003.
> Knowing that it can start and work as easily as it did, I have no
> qualms about bringing it out again, but would like to know if the
> smoke and idling down have something to do with either the fact that
> the generator sat for so long, or if I used the wrong oil in it? Air
> filter? The white smoke might smell faintly of oil, or the oil smell
> could have come from my having spilled some on the engine...
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
> Marylyn
> Marylyn DeGregorio
> marylyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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