Sometimes a little knowledge is dangerous, good thing we have fire departments.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

What could we have done differently? Always interested in different ideas. By the way, the nearest fire department is 25 miles away, and it’s a volunteer department.

What's to stop the wind from blowing the exhaust back in through the large pipe? I would put a steel (sheet metal) cap outside with a center hole for the small one and then add the cone. This would keep the small pipe centered instead of laying on the bigger one.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Good idea. I will mention it to my husband.

@user-bj4lp3fr1o

6 ай бұрын

Or add rockwool between the pipes.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bj4lp3fr1o what is rock wool? I have never heard of that.

@Amy_McFarland

6 ай бұрын

@@mountainlivinghomestead429 its a form of insulation that many people swear by. Which is another great option!

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

@@Amy_McFarland I will have to look it up. Thanks everyone for the great ideas!

Do not leave those paper backed insulation exposed around possible source of ignition. They are extremely flammable. Install drywall to cover them. I learned this hard way. Almost burned down a house. Also, it is not advisable to run a portable generator inside not just because of exhaust gas, but because it will also vent some gasoline vapor. The room you are running generator has to be well ventilated. Would be better to keep it outside and build a small shed around your generator.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Good point on the insulation. When we use the generator we leave the door open until we get the buildings ventilation done. We do plan on putting interior walls in. Just haven’t had the time or money to do so yet. Thank you for telling us about the insulation. I will let my husband know and we will be putting up some sort of wall in that area.

Wheres it getting its intake of air from ? Exactly . You have to have an air intake too otherwise it's drawing from inside the house . Unless you have an air leak you'll still get carbon monoxide gasses .simply put in a dryer vent backwards in the space so it can draw air and close too .

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Good idea with the dryer vent. Right now when we run the generator we leave the door open. We need to put a vent in. But for now the door stays open when in use.

You would do a LOT better if you ran that from propane. Or got a different generator that uses propane. You can store propane indefinitely and safely. It also burns cleaner and is much safer to use. Plus, it's a multi-purpose fuel, esp when the power is out in the winter. And like others said, you need that room to be sealed off from the house and have it's own IN and OUT ventilation. Be smart and don't die.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Here those types of generators and propane are threw the roof in price. The building that the generator is in is about 100 feet from our house. It is not connected to any other building.

@RustyTheGeek

6 ай бұрын

@@mountainlivinghomestead429 Understood. Do it anyway. Trust me. Propane is the only way to go for this. Liquid fuel is horrible and unsafe to store and doesn't last very long. Plus, the generator will require constant maintenance to run. With propane, you'll start up every time and there will be no intake fouling problems like with liquid fuel. There are nothing but upsides to Propane and nothing but downsides with liquid fuel. You could even pipe multiple bottles of propane in series to ensure several days (weeks) of runtime and you could change the individual bottles without needing to shut down the generator. You could store tons of propane in a variety of configurations. Again, don't waste your time and money trying to make this work with gasoline. It's not even as safe as diesel and diesel is still mostly a big pain to work with.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

@@RustyTheGeek we have had this generator for 5 years now and have not had any problems with it at all. The one before it we had for around 8 years and never a problem with it either. Just upgraded to the one we have now. We have never had a problem with gas powered generators, so I guess it’s just personal preference. Thank you for the advice though. We do appreciate it.

Where is the intake air supposed to be coming from? If you do not bring outside air to the intake, you are creating an incredible draft somewhere in the building. Your machine isn't just creating a vacuum!

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

I’m not sure if you are saying the building needs ventilation or where is it the intake on the generator. But for the building, for now we leave the door open when we are using it. On the generator the intake is on the side of it.

Looks good!

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

So fare it’s working good.

Where did you get that insulated pipe? I have been looking for one for a while.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

I am not sure. I will ask my husband and get back to you.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

My husband said that It is just a 3” vent pipe used for venting propane heaters. It is double walled. You can get them at any hardware store.

This looks like a very bad idea.

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Why do you say that?

@davecarlson9350

6 ай бұрын

I would never, ever run an internal combustion engine in an enclosed space. I don't care how well you think you have the exhaust vented....it's not well enough. The slight loss of gasoline vapors only adds to the problem. You cannot smell carbon monoxide. I'd hate to read about you and your family being found dead. In my house I installed power inlet box, wired it to my electrical panel, and put in a generator interlock. It works slick and the generator noise stays outside with any fumes. By the way the traditional generator you're using pus out a "dirty" electrical signal and is not good for anything that includes a chip. My generator is an inverter and puts out a clean signal (very low harmonic distortion) so none of my chip based items...TV, furnace, AC, refrigerator, microwave and on an on are in danger. This is just my opinion.@@mountainlivinghomestead429

@mountainlivinghomestead429

6 ай бұрын

Where the generator is is no where near our house and when we need to use the generator we leave the door open. I will tell my husband about what you said the generator being bad for things with chips. Thank you for your input. I was just thinking, I will be putting a carbon monoxide monitor in there.