generator fumes

top dog · Post by **top dog** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:45 pm

hey guys i hope everyone is doing great!! Need your help AGAIN, should i be running the blower to my generator (gas Onan) in my fbc all night while we are sleeping to help prevent any fumes problems in boat, i have installed three detectors thru out my boat ,Salon, And one in each birth area but i just want to be as safe as i need to be. Thanx Again...Pete

Capt. Ed · Post by **Capt. Ed** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:19 pm

I would use a fume tester for exhaust links form the gen to the exhaust port first. If the door is cabin door is closed and you have working alarms, I would feel safe. With that said, why not run the blower anyway?

lobsta1 · Post by **lobsta1** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:26 pm

Pete, I always thought that when it was beddy-bye time, then it was also time to kill the genny. Of course up here we don't need the air conditioning all night. Al 1978 33 FBC NITES OFF

top dog · Post by **top dog** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:21 pm

hey lobsta here in miami it can be 90 deg. in the summer at night `. also i may add to my postr that i allways anchor off a barrier island and away from other boats in the bay never in any area very close to other boats..

photo finish · Post by **photo finish** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:40 pm

I never run the blower when i have the genny on and i run it a lot.I have 2 co detectors in the boat one of them i got at home depot and has a digital readout so you know if there is zero co or not my original co detector does not have the digital read out so i did not know if there was a little co or not. I do get some readings on it sometimes but when i am running... i think it is exhaust from the mains and comes in a little if the kids do not shut the back door all the way.

top dog · Post by **top dog** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:17 pm

thanx Tim i will look into the home depot job. i maybe a little paranoid about it in my other boat 30-grady i would get up and check my kids out all thru the night & i would never sleep good , we had a friend who lost a relative to co and i will never forget that ..

photo finish · Post by **photo finish** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:41 pm

you can never be to worried about co!!! My wifes eyes are always on the co detector. 2 or 3 co detectors and a fume sniffer is a good idea. People always complain about the genny on our boats being in the cockpit.I think just the opposite I thank Bertram for that.It keeps the noise and the co further away from the beds.

captgene · Post by **captgene** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:21 am

Like Tim, I have 3 C02 detectors. Salon, V-berth, & in the bunks. I check my exhaust hoses regularly and I do run the blower at nite. too many horror stories of people waking up dead in the morning because of something that could have been avoided with a little maint. and new batteries in the fume detectors. Gene Dugan Boca Raton, Fl. "Nauti Marie" 1989 33 FBC

top dog · Post by **top dog** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:27 am

thanx doug and all the re4st for your confirmation. I also believe its ok to be a safety FREAK!!

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:32 am

I have a seperate blower in the generator compartment wired so that it is always on when genny is running. Gunny GunnyD Jim Davis Belfast Me [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... unny_D.jpg[/img]

Post by **dougl33** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:39 am

Welcome back Gunny. In the immortal words of Pedro Martinez: "Where've you been man?" Regards, Doug L. 1986 33 Bertram FBC Queen Elizabeth Marblehead, MA [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... sabeth.jpg[/img]

richcatch22 · Post by **richcatch22** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:03 pm

My 2 cents, if you plan to run the blower continuously please ensure it is rated for continuous duty. Most bilge blowers are rated for intermittent duty only to clear bilge gas fume while running 5-10 mins. Also, note that CO2 detectors have a limited life. Something like 5 years, just check the label. I found out the hard way after the one in basement went in to alarm in the middle of the night and the paranoid family would not go back in the house ($195 for a 3 hours hotel stay.....) A call to the manufacturer reveal the "alarm" was a warning the detector had expired. Capt Rich Catch 22 1989 33 FBC

BECCA ROSE · Post by **BECCA ROSE** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:44 pm

Thats a good story and great information. My daughter would have all of us in a hotel too if the same thing happened, must be a girl thing! Bill 1988 33 FBC Ipswich, Ma. > ~------- [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... a_Rose.jpg[/img]

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:46 am

Hi Doug, Thanks for the welcome back! As for not being on the forum it's been a winter from HELL healthwise but everything is back to near normal now!! I leave for Hawaii this weekend and 3 weeks of fishing the B31 that will revive me. Gunny

Post by **dougl33** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:33 am

Nice! Hope you can make it to the NE rendezvous in Plymouth, Ma in Aug. Have fun fishing! Regards, Doug L. 1986 33 Bertram FBC Queen Elizabeth Marblehead, MA [img]http://www.bertram33.com/photogallery/p ... sabeth.jpg[/img]