SCVJeff
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Actually it's directed to the left side of the coach.
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wa8yxm
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Well... If you park next to me DO NOT FORGET YOUR GEN-TURI,, You set off my CO alarm I'm going to be ... Very upset... And event management will know just how upset.
By the way, the 1st event I went to.. I had a Gen-turi, my neighbor did not, even with a good 10 feet between rigs.. He tripped my CO alarm.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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bob_b
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rockhillmanor wrote:
Just make sure the guy you bought it from didn't place it even
with your roof top air cond unit, otherwise the exhaust will get
sucked into the a/c in summer.
(not to worry though, the kit includes an adapter to move it over)
Happy Camping, come on Spring!
There is a common misconception about the A/C pulling in exhaust from the outside. It is a sealed unit. The outside air is only drawn into the top half of the unit to remove the heat from the outside portion of the unit. It is then exhausted back outside. The inside condenser cools the inside by pulling in air from the interior over the coils and exhausting it back into the interior.
Now having the VENT near the exhaust is NOT Good. Especially if you have a fan pulling air into the coach. A good Carbon Monoxide detector should remove the guess-work about the exhaust problem.
I have the Gen-turi and love it. My generator doesn't stink up the coach anymore. My football tailgating neighbors appreciate my Gen-turi also.
I have tailgating neighbors that set off my CO detector because they don't have an exhaust stack. I usually alert them to the problem. For those idiots that don't care about my CO problems, I have a portable wall that I erect on my site that is in very close proximity to their exhaust (usually a foot away). I also supplement that with a fan. Their exhaust becomes their problem instead of mine. Once they stink up their own coach and set off their own detector, they stop running their generator. My tolerance for idiots has dropped in recent years
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edited 12/31/07 07:21pm by bob_b *
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DakotaD
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You'll be happy but not as happy as those beside you. We spent 4 days at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta this year parked next to a TT. Everytime he cranked up his gen set we had to close the door to keep the alarms from going off and getting sick. He figured it out after a couple of slams of my door and pulled his TT up a little which helped some.
Kudos to those who craft their own but I hope you brace them well to take off the extra weight from the exhaust flange where it exits the generator. Hate to see a bolt broken off or worse. That much PVC must weight twice what a Gentrui does. Also hope the do it yourselfers accounted for back pressure and simply didn't just extend their exhaust causing back pressure. It will burn those little valves pretty fast.
Good luck.
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BRADY BUNCH
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Great buy I ordered one Yesterday for my portable Generator so I can keep it on the ground under the coach in wet weather, I checked walmart and they were $119 so I knew the Amazon price was a steal with Free Shipping and No Tax!
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jdewald
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chuck4788 wrote:Sandy:
How is the PVC holding up to the exhaust temps?
I also made my own from ABS and Home Depot parts. That was a couple years ago, and it's holding up fine. Haven't noticed any degradation of the plastic at all.
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CertifiedFunds
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[quote=wa8yxm]Well... If you park next to me DO NOT FORGET YOUR GEN-TURI,, You set off my CO alarm I'm going to be ... Very upset... And event management will know just how upset.
By the way, the 1st event I went to.. I had a Gen-turi, my neighbor did not, even with a good 10 feet between rigs.. He tripped my CO alarm.[/quote/]
You are such a pleasant person! Please come tell me I set your CO alarm off! The gen turi is the dumbest looking thing I have ever seen on a coach.
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rockhillmanor
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emmmw wrote:The Camco website says the gen-turi is made from a polycarbonate resin and ABS is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic resin... whatever that means.
What I read in the brochure that came with it was this pipe
is 'rated' for the heat it must take, PVC pipe is not.
The gen-turi is not hot to the touch, don't know if any
other product would be.
Good to hear in previous post that the A/C dosen't take air in,
but it did state in the brochure to move it away from A/C, maybe
a CYA for them?
I think the design where it attaches to the exhaust is the key
to why a make-shift one would not be as effecient and/or safe for
your gen. i.e. back pressure/intake of fresh air.
I see a lot of people using everthing from flexible tubing, landscaping
drainage hose you name it. Saw one guy use a metal exhaust tubing,
I wanted to stick around and watch him put his hands around that
when it came time to pack up.
All these 'hose' type do is send your exhaust right back under
your MH if the wind is right. OR under my MH, which I will
'splain that to anyone next to me using these 'make shift hoses'. 
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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grldst
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I tried making one using 3 inch PVC, and another effort using 2 inch plastic electric conduit. Neither effort would stand up to the Aqua hot exhaust. The generator exhaust isn't near as hot. However, I've heard the real "Gen-turi" will work with Aqua and Hydro hot exhaust.
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teb1272
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Polycarbonate is one of the highest heat resistance plastics, and one of the strongest, so it works very well. To me it is a waste of time to try to make one for only about a hundred bucks-buy one and spend your time having fun!
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