Here we go again.
Hurricane Zeta
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OldButtoni
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Busiest season for the Gulf Coast I can remember in 50 years or more.
Jayson
A True Doomsday Prepper
Wait until Hurricane Kamala hits. It will spin in a left direction while causing massive chaos and destruction.
I wonder if they will make it all the way to Hurricane Omega. Do they even have a plan for naming storms when they run out of Greek letters? (despite being like "Z", Zeta is not the end of the Greek alphabet)
Oddcaliber
A True Doomsday Prepper
Looks like the track on this one is heading for us here in New Orleans. I've been soooooo ready for a storm. LOL
We are in the yellow zone.
New Orleans is in for a bumpy ride with this one.
New Orleans is in for a bumpy ride with this one.
I'm right near the yellow zone. This is just like a fire drill for us.
We lost Entergy power last night for about 9 hours. Generator kicked on and worked fine. No damage, No one hurt here. Hope everyone was safe.
Power went out at 5 am here. The UPS beeping woke me up.
Generator would not start
So I ran just the fridges and freezers on battery power until the power came back on.
Been fiddling with the damned genny and it kicks over and dies. It did this when it was new, but ran fine for years after that. Got us through a much longer outage on the last hurricane that came through here.
Looked up everything I could find on the Internet and nothing helped. Raised a blister and rubbed it raw on my finger pulling the cord. I guess I need to take it to a small engine repair shop.
Generator would not start
So I ran just the fridges and freezers on battery power until the power came back on.
Been fiddling with the damned genny and it kicks over and dies. It did this when it was new, but ran fine for years after that. Got us through a much longer outage on the last hurricane that came through here.
Looked up everything I could find on the Internet and nothing helped. Raised a blister and rubbed it raw on my finger pulling the cord. I guess I need to take it to a small engine repair shop.
Both of my generators get run for a half hour monthly...sorry yours did not kick in and do its job Doc.
tmttactical
A True Doomsday Prepper
Monthly testing is always a good idea. Also helps run out the old gasoline.
Try spraying carburetor with carb cleanerPower went out at 5 am here. The UPS beeping woke me up.
Generator would not start
So I ran just the fridges and freezers on battery power until the power came back on.
Been fiddling with the damned genny and it kicks over and dies. It did this when it was new, but ran fine for years after that. Got us through a much longer outage on the last hurricane that came through here.
Looked up everything I could find on the Internet and nothing helped. Raised a blister and rubbed it raw on my finger pulling the cord. I guess I need to take it to a small engine repair shop.
Same here DrHenley , ours has been out since around 6:00 am and they say it may be tomorrow. Trees down everywhere, power lines down all over the county, going to take some time to get them all repaired. I fired up my generator at the house and went down to the shop to get my portable one to keep my in-laws freezer and fridge going. What more can I say but it’s 2020 and it should not surprise me.Power went out at 5 am here. The UPS beeping woke me up.
Generator would not start
So I ran just the fridges and freezers on battery power until the power came back on.
Been fiddling with the damned genny and it kicks over and dies. It did this when it was new, but ran fine for years after that. Got us through a much longer outage on the last hurricane that came through here.
Looked up everything I could find on the Internet and nothing helped. Raised a blister and rubbed it raw on my finger pulling the cord. I guess I need to take it to a small engine repair shop.
I forgot to mention it is a propane generator. I found something about the problem online way back when I first bought it. It has something to do with something getting locked up if you open the valve too quickly on the tank, and there was a procedure for avoiding that which worked. It's been so long since I had that problem, I was working from memory and probably didn't remember it right.
The starting procedures printed on the generator and in the user manual are for a previous model and refer to valves and markings that don't exist on this model.
Also, I just put a new tank on it, and if I recall correctly, when I had problems before, it was right after hooking up the tank. I'll let it sit for a day or so with the new tank and try again.
Different story all together Doc, if you open the valves too quickly, the streaming speed of the propane in the pipes/hoses reaches over 100 mph and creates freezing temps in the system. Being liquid, that takes it even longer to thaw out the valves and lines. The same thing happens is the airbrake systems on trucks. The water in the air has to be dried out or a anti-freeze added to the air as it is used to keep the brakes and all valves from freezing too. Then the air tanks all need to be "bled" daily to get the accumulated water and anti-freeze out of the entire system so it does not fill up the airtanks and also freeze in there.
TexasFreedom
A True Doomsday Prepper
Doc, another possibility. There is a leak preventer, looks like a small pancake in line with the propane line. It's designed to shut off the gas supply if it sensesa problem. When you turn on the propane, if it rushes through too quickly, it shuts off. The way to release it is to disconnect the pressure side (with shutoff valve OFF!), and depressurize the output side (crank gen once). Reconnect, slowly turn on valve again. Try starting generator. Good luck!
We have our house generator set to start and run awhile ever single Saturday morning. That way hopefully no surprises. Our power was out for around 8 hours. Felt sorry for the neighbors.
Ours has been out since 6:00 am Thursday and power co say maybe by Saturday night it will be restored, hope so as I have to go to work today and my daughter has to handle everything while I’m gone.
Sorry to hear that acdoc! Give her good instructions and she will do fine.
