How to Maintain an Emergency Generator

Essential services, including electric may be down, now just during a pandemic but during plenty of other emergency or weather situations. Generators come in all shapes & sizes. Learn more here!
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How to Maintain an Emergency Generator

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How to Maintain a Generator
https://www.wikihow.com/Maintain-a-Generator

A generator is a handy item for many purposes. These purposes include providing emergency power for your home, regulate life-support equipment, provide power in remote areas, and it can even reduce your electricity costs (this is called peak-shaving). Your generator does need regular maintenance checks, however, to ensure that when you do actually need it, it will function as required.

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Liquid Fuel Transfer Pump, Battery Powered
https://livingprepared.blogspot.com/2016/11/liquid-fuel-transfer-pump-battery.html

I’ve been looking for a safe, spill-free way of filling my small engine fuel tanks. I’ve tried the gas cans with the on/off valve in the can spout. The first couple of uses it was fine but after a year of use the valve became difficult to use and it dripped gas onto the engine when filling. I even thought about making my own transfer pump using an old 12volt fuel pump and a couple hoses, but thought if the on/off switch were to spark it could be a disaster. ---CONTINUED---
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