Rachel's dad
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I started the generator Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. and didn't shut it down until we returned home from King's Island this evening at 10:30 P.M. Thats 56.5 hrs straight on a 13 yr. old 4kw Onan. Just shows what good maintenance and following the instructions will get you.
What's the longest you've run your generator?
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Bruce Brown
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I'll bet your neighbors were happy.  
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Rachel's dad wrote:I started the generator Saturday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. and didn't shut it down until we returned home from King's Island this evening at 10:30 P.M. Thats 56.5 hrs straight on a 13 yr. old 4kw Onan. Just shows what good maintenance and following the instructions will get you.
What's the longest you've run your generator?
That a little over the top....
I don't think mine has ever run for more than 5 or 6 hours straight. Can't come up with why I would want it to run that much???
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Big Katuna
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Because it was hot and he felt like it.
We tailgate Florida football games and run ours 700-800 hours per year. Seven home games we run it 50 hours a weekend and for some games eg Georgia, run it from Wednesday until Sunday. 20,000 hours is not uncommon on many of the gensets.
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zsr22
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Big Katuna wrote:Because it was hot and he felt like it.
We tailgate Florida football games and run ours 700-800 hours per year. Seven home games we run it 50 hours a weekend and for some games eg Georgia, run it from Wednesday until Sunday. 20,000 hours is not uncommon on many of the gensets. Precisely. During football season the genny will be kicking from Friday to Sunday. And at the races it'll be kicking from Thursday to Monday sometimes. It's there, I need it, so I use it.
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zsr22 wrote:Big Katuna wrote:Because it was hot and he felt like it.
We tailgate Florida football games and run ours 700-800 hours per year. Seven home games we run it 50 hours a weekend and for some games eg Georgia, run it from Wednesday until Sunday. 20,000 hours is not uncommon on many of the gensets. Precisely. During football season the genny will be kicking from Friday to Sunday. And at the races it'll be kicking from Thursday to Monday sometimes. It's there, I need it, so I use it.
Aren't there quiet hours for these events? When I went to Calif Speedway for NASCAR you had to shut down at night and even route your exhaust upward. It was pretty tight BTW.
I could understand if other areas have different rules. I know it can stay hot at night in many places and require AC at all hours.
Just wondering, I've only camped and done sporting events in So Cal. So far, I should add. ;-)
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Wow, I tought I was doing good running mine while taveling this weekend. It was the first time I really felt the need to run the house A/C while traveling, but the kids were in the back and it was pretty hot. We had electricity at the campground. 5 hours total run time this weekend. I was always conservative about running the genny or the a/c, but these systems will suffer as much if not more harm from lack of use as wear and tear from use, if properly maintained. Learned that the hard way. Have it, use it, enjoy it.
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Just got back from Iowa and a visit to HWH. Left Iowa and turned on the genset and 2 and a half days later turned it off when I got home. I have run it 4 days straight as the most on the way to the west coast in July...THey are made oto run so run them we do. Mine is a 12.5 KW Powertech.
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During a relatively recent "power line damaging tornado," ran ours into the third day, some ran theirs MUCH longer, and some run "remote homes" exclusively on generators on remote fuel tanks or propane
As for "quiet hours," I better have power or I'm running the generator. Better be cool than dead. I'll ask for forgiveness and a refund later.
It runs whenever we travel in hot weather, the entire time we are traveling. Last year, going "out west," we ran it each day we traveled for 2 weeks. Other than the pain of the fuel, it doesn't hurt to run 'em.
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John S. wrote:Just got back from Iowa and a visit to HWH. Left Iowa and turned on the genset and 2 and a half days later turned it off when I got home. I have run it 4 days straight as the most on the way to the west coast in July...THey are made oto run so run them we do. Mine is a 12.5 KW Powertech.
Isn't that what they, the generators, were actually designed and built for???
Three years ago I visited my relatives in Okla - ended up having to park on cousins acreage and running the generator 24/7 for 14 days straight. I shut it off a couple times to check it out and check oil - but it purred like a kitten.
It was in the upper 90's throughout that time period and our little one (**** Tzu) was comfortable as were we inside the coach with the AC running the entire time. We were able to come and go and enjoy the family and attending numerous events and get-togethers and not worry about our pet.
PS - the coach was parked nearly a block from closest residence - so noise and pollution was not an issue.
Like I said - isn't that what these things are made for? You buy an AC unit for your house and don't think a second about whether or not you should be running it hours and days on end....
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PS - John, how did your visit with HWH turn out - everything taken care of?
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