Thoughts on using Honda generator

So let me get this straight -- you are saying you want people to die?
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They do every day for being dumb a$$es anyways so why cry about it.. :smt021
 
240da, don't sweat vetteboy. He's confused, also he doesn't even own a boat, nor does he know where he's from.
Really Gary, that's a cheap shot trying to promote your poll on a thread as important as this. Have you no pride man! LOL!
 
dpmulvey said:
I have seen this as well. Not on a floaty, but in a very small dink on about 10' to 15' off the stern. Works well free swinging on the hook or at a raft up.
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Large, open-eyed emoticon with shocked look on face.
 
comsnark said:
Correct, CO at ambient temperature has nominally the same density as air. The exhaust from a motor (like a generator) would normally be hot, and thus would tend to initially rise like hot air. Once it cools to ambient temperature, it would stop rising and would not descend.

Putting this stuff into the air at a height sounds much smarter than putting out a transom.
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The exhaust water separator puts water out below the water line from the bottom of the hull. The exhaust gas and hence the CO gets evacuated from above the water line. The house boat system and others should you desire to adapt exhaust the CO at about 18' to 20' above the water line, dependent on the highest bridge location. Tests have shown that with the exhaust of CO well above the living area, the concentration is 0.0 at living level.
 
sfergson727 said:
OK, deep breath or two.......Doug, sorry for calling you insane. As you can probably tell, I don't think the portable generator is a very good idea. I have witnessed first hand the death of a family because of one. CO detectors are not bulletproof, I have had several fail without warning.

In aviation, when they study a accident, they come up with a chain of errors. Basically imagine a slice of swiss cheese, it has many holes. Place several more slices of swiss together, and the holes are covered. But if the right circumstance happens, the cheese aligns just right, and you have a hole through all the layers of cheese. Poof - accident. Where am I going with this? I'm not sure, but I think I'll go fix a mushroom and swiss hamburger, just got a taste for it for some reason.

Be safe, and perhaps do some thought of the unthinkable before you start that genny on your bow again.

Regards,
Scott
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Hahahaha- Aviation terms. Someone's been paying attention at the quarterly Wing Safety Standdown. Swiss cheese model lines up, and you are on CNN before you know it. At least the smoking hole you left behind will be. Well put.
 
Looks like my boat was designed for a portable genny.:grin:
On the bow. Supported on three sides behind the anchor hatch.
A nice square notch to hold the genny in place.
Shore power plug in is only five feet away also.

Looking forward to fishing overnighters with the bait tank, floodlights, squid lights, refer, and cabin lights on for up to twelve hrs without killing my aux batterys:thumbsup:


The 1k honda fits perfect under the V birth also
Im sure Ive been sucking a lot of smog idling my engine keeping the batterys charged while fishing.
 
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:lol:How many solar panels do I need to power my AC?:smt043
 
Doesn't look good for the Regal owners if they think the only problem with that is ventilation.
 
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