keep on him to start it up once in awhile or to leave it in the box and never fill it up with oil or gas. typically when someone buys one they fire it up to make sure it works (and its just kinda cool to run it
), drain the fluids (sometimes) then stick them in a shed or corner for a few years. Then when they actually need it they find that either they cant get it started or the gaskets have dried out, and then by the time they find someone to fix it the powers back on.
in all honesty, if you dont already have generator and both of you have lived XX number of years with out one then its not really worth the price. i know, i know, its a guy thing that we like to go out and spend money on things like this and we have to make sure that it makes enough power to run this and that - but speaking from personal experience you'll never(knock on wood) get your money out of it. Ive thought that even if i had it during the longest spurt when our power was out (07 or 08, whenever the huge icestorm went through- out of power for 3 days) then each day to run a fridge and a few other things at a time then i would've been spending 200~ per day to have a tv and not throw out food (although it was below freezing outside and putting our food outside would make entirely way to much sense, but looking back it was a good way to clean out the freezer).
edit -
they are actually kinda silly now that i think about it. everyones power goes out, people hop in to their cars to race(on the ice) to home depot to buy a 400-800 dollar generator, people race to the gas station(on the ice), realize that they left the gas container at the house(one the ice), race back to home depot (on the ice), buy larger gas container because 1 gallon that you have wont work and will need atleast 2, 5 gallon gas containers, go back to gas station (on the ice), then drive home (on the ice).....get home, prep generator, place it downwind, run extension cords through a window or open door ( speaking from experience plan on how you are going to run the cord before hand
).....then finally plug in your fridge, lamp, and radio with the constant drone of a gas mower and the high pitched whine of a generator whirling right outside your window.
looking back it would've been smarter if we stayed at the house, used our flashlights, and played board games in front of the fire.
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