Another Gennie Question !

P.S. I have a Honda 2.0i........

I once had a 1kVA genset which we left running at the camp whilst we went elsewhere (to the pub 40ks away for supplies) A storm came in while we were gone and on our return we found the genset still running happily in the pouring rain, exhaust bubbling away under about 2 inches of brown water. It gave me many years of service afterwards, but I wouldn't recommend it! Cheers

i throw a folded poly-tarp over mine,,, folding the tarp help the tarp stand by itself... then i normally throw my lockdown chain over the top of it so it wont blow away...

Apart from the fact that you don't want water coming in contact with the "electrickery" (240V) bits,

bear in mind that the fuel tank needs to "breathe"...

Air is drawn in (through the cap vent) while the engine is running, so if it's getting rained on while running, the inevitable result will be water in the fuel....

If I need to run mine while it's raining, I shove it under the trailer ;-)

Otherwise, a "lean-to" using a small tarp between a couple of handy trees (or as stated above, off the side of the vehicle) would suffice...

:)

Hi Browny,

I put a small tarp up so no ran falls on it. If it really starts bucketting down, i switch mine off.

Cheers Wilko

Couple of weeks back at Kangaroo Valley it started to rain (took a week to stop) whilst I was having a paddle on the kayak, the missus rigged up the umbrella near the from tyre of the patrol gennie worked all arvo and never got a drop on it with plenty of air to breath

Thanks Guys,

So the general consensus is....Yep cover'em! a little tarp coming of the bull bar might be the go for me I reckon


Cheers..........Browny