HOME GENERATOR TIPS
SPONSOR
1.HOME GENERATORS HAVE BECOME POPULAR IN RECENT
MONTHS DUE TO OUR WEATHER, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
GULF COAST.NEVER RUN A GENERATOR IN AN ENCLOSED
SPACE,DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE THAT COMES FROM THE
EXHAUST, THEY PUT OUT MORE THAN AN AUTOMOBILE

2.DO NOT OVERLOAD THE GENERATOR BY USING TO MANY
APPLIANCES, IF ITS RATED A 5600 WATTS, DONT HOOK
7500WATTS TO IT.AN EXAMPLE IS 100, 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS
WOULD BE 10,000 WATTS. ITS ALL A MATTER OF LOOKING ON
YOUR APPLIANCES FOR THEIR WATTAGE RATINGS AND DOING
SOME SIMPLE MATH. A MICROWAVE, OR COFFEE MAKER WILL
PULL A LOT OF WATTS.

MOST STANDARD HOME GENERATORS COME WITH ENOUGH
PLUG INS TO RUN ENOUGH APPLIANCES TO SURVIVE IN
RELATIVE COMFORT UNTIL POWER IS RESTORED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO HOOK GENERATOR INTO YOUR HOUSE WIRNG
SYSTEM,WITHOUT HAVING IT INSTALLED BY A LISCENSED
ELECTRICIAN.THIS COULD CAUSE ELECTROCUTION TO YOU OR
A UTILITY WORKER WORKING ON A DOWNED POWER LINE, A
BREAKER MUST BE INSTALLED BETWEEN OUTSIDE UTILITY
LINE AND HOUSE WIRING BY LISCENSED ELECTRICIAN.


MOST STANDARD HOME GENERATORS WILL BE POWERED BY
A 5HP TO A 12 HP SMALL ENGINE AND THATS WHERE THE
COMMON TROUBLE WILL COME FROM BY SETTING UP THE
GENERATOR AND NOT OCCASIONALLY CRANKING AND
RUNNING IT.SEE TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE


YOU CAN USUALLY PICK UP A GENERATOR BETWEEN $400
AND $700 NOWADAYS, ITS A HANDY DEVICE TO HAVE.
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