9 Responses to “To the Amazon Shopper Who Bought the 4,000-Watt 196cc Power Generator”

1. GOPagan
   November 15th, 2012 @ 8:43 pm

   The downside, unfortunately, being that they’re probably someone in the northeast who’s in their third week of having no electricity due to Sandy. Thanks, FEMA and JCP&L.

   (I had to travel 2 hours one way to buy my generator at Sears; by the time I got home the power had been restored, but damned if I’m going to be put in that position again.)

2. Evi L. Bloggerlady
   November 15th, 2012 @ 9:08 pm

   I bought a lot last year and credited it all to you, I did it through your Amazon links, never know if you get credit.

3. JeffWeimer
   November 15th, 2012 @ 9:32 pm

   When I buy from Amazon, I always buy through you. Just bought about $150 bucks worth of stuff, so you should see about $10 or so coming your way soon.

4. JeffS
   November 15th, 2012 @ 9:45 pm

   Remember to run the generator on a regular basis, including putting a load on it, like a space heater, to make sure it works. Just sitting there, unused, is a bad thing. I’ve seen big generators go ka-blooie under similar circumstances.

   Also……pick up some fuel additives, say, Star Tron. That damned ethanol in gasoline is bad for generators. And maybe a fuel stabilizer (like Sta Bil) so that any stored fuel doesn’t de-stabilize (gasoline has a definite shelf life, Hollywood apocalyptic movies to the contrary).

   For the same reason, run the generator dry. It makes starting the engine a pain, but better than having varnish in the fuel lines.

5. sowsear1
   November 15th, 2012 @ 11:06 pm

   Better than a portable generator is a whole house generator which runs off of natural gas (or propane). Originally we had a portable but we hated having to buy and store gasoline. My son had a hard time finding gasoline when they lost power for 6 days during Sandy.

6. JeffS
   November 16th, 2012 @ 12:06 am

   Agreed. But that takes a whole another level of planning and investment. I have a tri-fuel generator myself, just no way to get natural gas or propane to it.

7. SDN
   November 16th, 2012 @ 4:46 am

   Couldn’t you at least hook up a propane tank for a gas grill to it? I’m looking for one of those because storing half a dozen propane tanks in the garage would be a lot safer than half a dozen 5 gallon cans of gasoline.

8. JeffS
   November 16th, 2012 @ 1:51 pm

   Most tri-fuel generators require a minimum pressure to operate properly. Mine takes at least a 100 pound LPG tank. I’ll probably pick up one up, if I can work around the logistics of storing that much LPG safely.

9. Matthew W
   November 16th, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

   Man, I feel really bad !!!
   Bought $125 of Amazon stuff the other day and did not go through a page link !!

   Next time I will, I promise !!!

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