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pkveazey:
I looked at the weather map and JohnyMac is getting snow but I'm 200 miles South of him and my Electricity is out. How can that be? Well, at least I got to fire up the Generator and see if it still works. When they lay dormant for too long, they can stop working and they have to be "Flashed" to make them supply electricity again. Mine sat for a year and I got lucky when I fired it up. When I went back in the house and flipped the breaker, the lights came on. Sometimes we need a minor emergency. 42% of my County is without power.

Jackalope:
   It's a beautiful day here in middle TN.  It started out cool in the middle 30's, but the last time I looked it was 66.  I hope your power comes back on soon, PK.

Nemo:
FYI.

Nemo


https://poweroutage.us/

JohnyMac:
 :facepalm:

Congrates PKv

pkveazey:
The power was off for almost 6 hrs. I switched back to outside power and I shut down the Generator (not in that order). I let the generator cool down a bit and decided to check the oil. Wow! The oil level was right on the full mark and was almost clean. I've had the generator in my outbuilding for about 20 years and besides a lot of dust, it still looks and runs like new. Then I rolled it away from the open doorway and put the CAMO cover back on it. It only used about a half a tank of Gas. When I use it, I pull it right up in front of the open doorway so the exhaust goes outside and heat doesn't build up and overheat the engine. A side benefit is that it is much quieter when I run it that way. The outbuilding is 60 feet behind the house and I have to listen real close from inside the house to hear it running. I'd like to say that I've changed the oil at least once but I really can't remember ever changing it. The manual says to change the oil every 25 hours of hard running. Ha, I run almost everything in the house off of it and I'll bet I have at least 100 hours of run time on it over the years. Of course the little lawn tractor battery is always dead so I have to jump start it when I need it. It also has a pull rope but I'm too old and weak to be pulling that thing more than a few times. It has a 5 pound oil pressure gauge on it that shuts the engine down if the oil pressure drops below 5 pounds. That means that I have to pull the Hell out of the Starting rope hard enough to get the oil pressure up to 5 pounds or the engine won't start. At my age, that ain't gonna happen. About 5 good pulls and I'm about ready to call the EMS to drag me off to the Hospital. Thank goodness for electric starters.

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