M GO BLUE
Southgate, MI
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Local winner of the Darwin Award...a/k/a thinning of the herd...a/k/a natural selection...and as Ron White says "you can't fix stupid!"
This happens more and more all the time...year after year
ERIC & BEV
2005 Chevy Silverado 3500 dually CC/LB Duramax/Allison
2008 Jayco Designer 35RLTS fith wheel
Built-In Onan 5500W generator
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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traveln_circus
Wa.state
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I put my generator under the corner of my fiver with the exhaust pointing away. Keeps the gen and my cord dry.
2004 cardinal 33 LX 2000 Ford F350 crew cab PSD.
Smith & Wesson M&P .40 and a Rottweiler.
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greenrvgreen
open road
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To those who want to keep their generator dry, can you name even a SINGLE case of a camper being electrocuted by their generator?
On the other hand, exhaust fumes kill on a regular, but thankfully rare, basis. Running your generator AWAY from your RV is safer than close at hand or under an awning.
Now, we all chuckle at the sap running a gas combustion device indoors, but how many of us operate LP gas combustion devices indoors, such as ovens, heaters, etc? IMO, Darwin stands ready to wink and point at any one of us, if we let him.
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reset
Full timer - Where ever I'm parked
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Natural thinning of the gene pool.
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TEXAS
Centerville Tx
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Hate to say it but where has common sense gone. Saw on TV some nut trying to cross a flooded river with a little car. Lost car and almost his life. I saw a guy at a rail crossing try to beat a train. Little mustang no match for large train. Train never had time to stop.Mustang was shredded.Yes the idiot driver jumped at the last minute.Darwin wannabe.
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Gale Hawkins
Murray, KY
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Most of us are doing things that will shorten our live. Some just fast track it.
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Mike Schriber
San Diego, CA
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It's amazing how often this happens.
My friends and I explore old mines. It's dangerous but we know the risks and have the proper gear (helmets, lights, harnesses, descenders, ascenders, gas detectors, etc.). Every time someone gets hurt or killed in a mine and it makes the news I get an e-mail from somebody.
A few months ago, two guys died in a mine after being overcome with gas. Wow! Kinda scary until you read the whole thing and find out they were pumping water out of the mine and using a portable gas generator to power the water pump.
Any guesses where the generator was?
Mike
2005 Chevrolet Suburban K2500 LT (8.1 liter with 4.10 gears)
2004 Starcraft Homestead 29BHS (16,000 pounds combined)
Twin Honda EU2000i Generators - 12' Porta-Bote
Prodigy / Putnam XDR / Equal-i-zer
SoCal Family Campers
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Sailbad
Oklahoma City
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azjeffh wrote:Yep, that's the same reason I had to stop using my gas blower for dusting the inside of my house 
WOW! YOU CAN DO THAT? What a wonderful idea!
Dave C.
2005 Silverado 2500 CC
Duramax 6.6 3.73 V-2
2003 Wildcat 27RL
B&W with Companion
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wa8yxm
Wherever I happen to park
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pcmentor29 wrote:I have been worried about posting about using small kids dome tents as a generator shelter in the rain. The tents are just the right size but the attraction to kids of a playtent negates the using these small, colorful tents as a generator enclosure. They should make a khaki colored tent for this purpose I think. This is so you can run your portable generator in the rain.
If you want to use a tent use a open PUP TENT. Actually this amounts to a pair of tent poles and some anchor lines (At least 2 per pole) a rope and a tarp
It's an iverted "V" Or if you like a "^" over the generator, open at both ends so air flows freely through it.
For those who don't know about Darwin Awards
http://www.darwinawards.com
Been there, read that, used to have the "T" shirt but alas I wore it out I liked it so much,
(She sells a number of T-shirts with selected stories printed on 'em, she also sells other stuff. But mostly she gives away some good reading (Which you can buy in a book store if you wish to support her)
Wendy does a great job
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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pcmentor29
29 Palms, CA
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Yeah a pup tent would work better and would not be likely to trap a child inside.
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