Thoughts on using Honda generator

I can understand the lake powell numbers. Most people anchor in really tight canyons, some don't offer good ventilation. A lot are houseboats and they run the gen all of the time, even while they swim next to, or even under the house boat between the pontoons. those house boats are death traps.
 
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I always get confused with propulsion exhaust vs. flatulence. I understand the air at Lake Powell is "different there". The high CO2 level in the girls blood must be that her parents made her sit on the swim platform while running the engines and when she complained, they gave her a shot of whiskey, hence .17 blood alcohol. Go figure!

On a more serious note. I did have an experience when the genset I purchased wouldn't run properly. So the highly reputable Genset and Service company sent someone out to pick up the unit and take it to the shop. Meanwhile I use the boat later that day, moor at a dock and sightsee the town. On my return, I find that my bildge has about 2 gallons of gas in it. The mechanic disconnected the fuel hose and plugged it with an undersized brass plug. But to insure no leaks he wrapped the threats about 10 times with Teflon Tape. Stupidity comes in all shapes, sizes, types and timeframes. I have learned one thing over the years and that is to always check behind mechaniics, if not, yourself casue accidents can still happen.
 
comsnark said:
I am not very ambitious at this moment, or I would dive in to understand the ratio of "portable generator" vs. "properly designed and installed" generator incidents.
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I searched the document and there was only one mention of a portable generator.
 
Woody said:
Here is a link to a list of boating CO incidents with descriptions. In it a graph shows a drop in events for the last two years. Wonder if that is a result of the economies affect on boating or incomplete gathering of data.
http://www.doubleangel.org/documents/NatlCaseListingBoat-RelatedCOPoisoningsMay2007April2008.pdf
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I have it figured out! 25% of accidents have occurred on Lake Powell. Lake Powell water level is at an all-time low due to the over-growth of Las Vegas. Boating at Lake Powell is, therefore, at an all time low, so the opportunity to go out and kill yourself with CO on Lake Powell is at an all time low, so, nationwide occurences are dropping.
 
Hampton said:
I have it figured out! 25% of accidents have occurred on Lake Powell. Lake Powell water level is at an all-time low due to the over-growth of Las Vegas. Boating at Lake Powell is, therefore, at an all time low, so the opportunity to go out and kill yourself with CO on Lake Powell is at an all time low, so, nationwide occurences are dropping.
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Ergo, we have the proliferation of prostitutes on the Vegas strip to thank for the drastic reductions in CO poisonings nationwide?
 
jg300da said:
Oopps! there goes item #4 on the "sticky" list.
Now why did you have to go and cloud the issue with facts?
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This report is probably pretty good info, it is an aggregate of the USCG, Double Angle Org and the CO Action Groups efforts but I don’t know that I would look at it that way. On the first page of this report they clearly state….This document should not be viewed as a complete list of boat related CO poisonings that have occurred, but rather a listing of poisonings we have been able to identify through a number of sources.
 
Guys... it's carbon MONOXIDE... CO... Not carbon dioxide... NOT CO2.

There's carbon dioxide all over the place... plants breath it...

(Is that comment OK Mr. Stihlbolts?)
 
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I believe ambient CO2 level in the US is on order of 350-450ppm. (or whatever. . . . I don't care what the real number is)

Not sure I would be concerned until it reaches about 20,000ppm (2%) at which point it will probably impact ambient O2 levels. . . .
 
comsnark said:
I believe ambient CO2 level in the US is on order of 350-450ppm. (or whatever. . . . I don't care what the real number is)

Not sure I would be concerned until it reaches about 20,000ppm (2%) at which point it will probably impact ambient O2 levels. . . .
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Are you talking about CO or CO2?
 
is the difference carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide? should I be worried about both? I just bought a detector yesterday because of this thread, maybe i got the wrong one? It's all Chinese to me
 
Since I started this "discussion" (ref. post #1) I think we can consider the subject fully (and then some) vented (pun intended)!

Bottom line: CO is dangerous. CO can kill you. Reading some of these inane responses may make you wish you were dead!

That is all.:smt043
 
Holy c..p!!!!! We hit 21 pages on this topic!!!!!! No one can say it has not been beaten to a pulp...:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021
 
berth control said:
is the difference carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide? should I be worried about both? I just bought a detector yesterday because of this thread, maybe i got the wrong one? It's all Chinese to me
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CO(carbon monoxide) is a killer.
CO2(carbon Dioxide) is what we as humans breathe out and plants breathe in producing oxygen, which we humans breathe in and then breathe out and plants breathe in producing oxygen, which we humans breathe in and thenbreathe out and plants breathe in producing oxygen, which we humans breathe in and thenbreathe out and plants breathe in producing oxygen, which we humans breathe in and thenbreathe out and plants breathe in producing oxygen, which we humans breathe in.

Chinese is a type of food we eat and then get hungry again 20-30 minutes later.
 
At least we learn about CO, CO2 and how to beat things.:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021:smt021
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