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I just got myself a Diesel genset which has a 30 gallon tank, and I plan to get at least 4 x 5 Gallon jerry cans But, having no diesel vehicle, the storage times are going to be quite long. I know that old Diesel can be stored for a long time, but what about modern Diesel?

Easier for the next guy, ignore my horrible spray job. It will do... Got the junction box and block heater switch in place for the 120v inlet

Hope you guys like reading about this light tower, because its all I'm going to post for the coming year. Got some compound and tried to get rid of the sunbelt logo, and it did good but took too many passes. I am going to look for some 2000 and 3000 grit sanding disks so I can go a bit deeper, a...

Adjusted the engine speed, made VEERRRYYY small adjustments Went to 61.4hz no load, makes it exactly 60.0 at 3000w, voltage was 120v. PERFECT! Put my labels on the control panel More rust gone, seems like the factory black finish just didn't hold up at all Its so hot out I just do a...

Just saw your edit with more Generac is outside of every house because they come in at a low pricepoint, and spend a LOT on marketing. They have market saturation, so everyone defaults to them. The good thing about that, is that everyone and their brother is an authorized Generac tech

Their portable generators are maybe a step above the usual chonda engine clones, but below a Honda portable genset The standby gensets are generally pretty poor. To get anything half decent you have to step up to the liquid cooled models They have a horrible habit of sourcing obscure parts and...

Generac is very, very, very, very far from the best

Just tested it with the interlock powering the whole house, everything worked fine. I did not test the main AC however since I have a soft-start I bet it would work. There is no point running a 4 ton AC when on Backup of my backup generator, it will put you too close to the limit and use too...

Haha, think again! :D Yeah I like the switch, this is the exact switch I used https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IYKSLCG

You beat me to posting because I am waiting on my label maker, but I actually installed a switch between the Ground to Neutral connection, so if I'm using it on its own, I can flip it to bonded, and if plugged into a house, I can leave it floating I've done the same on all of my...

Replace the tires or leave them? There is a bit of dry rot on one, but they hold air they made it the 60+ mile freeway ride home. Tread is fine, just age that is against me Wheels were a bit rusty but I sprayed them with some flat black

More rust removed, soon I'll be a paint expert. My goal is to improve something small every day

Light tests View: https://youtu.be/KpkHv6ZCmvQ View: https://youtu.be/pOyH2wZYocI View: https://youtu.be/j1B9JUnk_6U View: https://youtu.be/YchdEpk6g8o View: https://youtu.be/ZCnMqSJtQ7E The CDL light test was in the second video with the UPS, after looking at the Ecoflow

Back to power tests, some very good results. Those on here who told me not to worry, were correct. Those who have issues with power out of their light tower either doesn't have enough load on it, or they have some kind of problem they should address. Voltage only really seems to be an issue at...

This bracket used to look very junky, not anymore!

You can see in the last picture the tongue coupler looked rough, fixed that up a little

Action shot. Eventually the power will go into a JB

120v inlet, decided to go right near the bottom. Had to drill the initial hole with a step bit and then use a hydraulic punch to get the full 1"-15/16 hole for the inlet I put some wood in there just as a buffer before I slipped and hit the tank! Inlet installed

Just got in from some testing! APC SMT1000RM2U line interactive UPS on "Normal" mode it will complain and switch to battery. However, you can choose from "Normal" "Reduced" and "Low" Sensitivity. Changing it to Reduced, it works fine. APC Generally tells you to do this when running on generator...

Inlet could go up here easily, but not sure if thats too high, I think I want it lower down. Lower down it will be very close to the tank, so I'll have to be VERY careful drilling the hole for it Power will go from the inlet into a box where I will connect the NOCO battery tender and the block...