Interesting Portable Generator Story-gctid340243

[johnrupp]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/3...men-found.html

[captharv]

" running a portable generator in the engine compartment inside a boat on a trailer?"

Darwin nominee?

[johnrupp]

You bet!!!

[Guest]

with all due disrespect,

Unfortunately they have probably already contributed to the gene pool.

[FISHIN00]

A sad story to be sure,not thinking killed them, you think maybe alcohol, or something else clouded their judgement?

[RGrew176]

Didn't they know that they are supposed to run the blower when running the portable genny in the engine compartment.ops Like someone else said I hope they did not breed.

[Guest]

They must not be BOC members.

[Go Aweigh2452]

Saintjon wrote:
They must not be BOC members.

Not anymore...

[driz]

Too bad. They never even got to put it in the water. I'll never understand why people don't understand the basic fundamentals of exhaust systems, especially the portable sort. I guess they just never learn. I bet there was a tad of booze involved in the equation as well.......

[Guest]

you just can't fix stoopid.....if they were members here and asked "can we run the honda in the engine bay"...I'm sure they would have been run off by people calling them names and yelling at them..........

carbon monoxide is nothing to play with......if you are thinking of running your genny in the engine bay!!!...DON'T!!!!!...

:arr arr

[Guest]

captharv wrote:
" running a portable generator in the engine compartment inside a boat on a trailer?"

Darwin nominee?

Interesting quote. Did you intervew someone at the scene? It's not in the article:actually, not much in the article. Maybe the battery killed them...it was in the engine compartment too.....maybe.....

[Guest]

Two men were found dead Friday morning inside a boat on a trailer at the Pilot House Marina in the Florida Keys off mile marker 99.4 oceanside. Initial investigation suggested the deaths may have been accidental.Monroe County Sheriff's Office detectives found the owner of the 32-foot Wellcraft, Bernard Boucher, 45, and Benoit Paquet, 58, both from Fort Lauderdale, in the boat's cabin; there was a portable generator in the engine compartment.Both men exhibited signs of possible carbon monoxide poisoning; their skin was reddish pink in color. They had no other visible injuries, said Deputy Becky Herrin. She said a friend of Boucher said Boucher came to the Keys to pick up his boat to trailer it back to Fort Lauderdale.The bodies will be taken for the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/3...#storylink=cpy it said Accidental!!! and said there was a portable generator in the engine compartment !!!Pretty sums it up ?We all know what that means

[Guest]

I will never put a portable genny in my engine compartment, BUT, what if you take these precautions:

1) Run the exhaust via sealed tube from the genny to the outside

2) Use a plug in (with AAA Batter backup) Carbon Monoxide detector in the cabin

3) Run the blower

[706jim]

KnoxBoater wrote:
I will never put a portable genny in my engine compartment, BUT, what if you take these precautions:

1) Run the exhaust via sealed tube from the genny to the outside

2) Use a plug in (with AAA Batter backup) Carbon Monoxide detector in the cabin

3) Run the blower

Define "sealed".

Not really practical with your typical Honda.

Also, these units rely on free air circulation for cooling. They would never get this unless you left the hatch open while the generator was running.

[Guest]

706jim, See:

http://www.inquisition.ca/en/esd/artic/generatrice.htm

But in context of a boat engine compartment