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Greetings from Chicago
Or more precisely, from the McCormick Place Convention Center, Parking Lot B.
At this point, I want to thank George and Corey for sharing this secret with us.
If you are willing to do a few days of boondocking, with no hook-ups, water or sewer but be right smack in Downtown Chicago within a stone’s throw of the waterfront, then McCormick is the place to go to.
Getting here is easy. Just follow the written directions which are clear and detailed.
We are paying $35.00 per night and this being a HUGE parking lot, you can choose where you want to park. The parking attendant at the booth does not care. All they say is, turn right and park wherever you want.
We booked our stay and purchased our parking ticket online on the McCormick website the day before we got here.
You will have to print it out to present to the attendant. They, in turn, will hand back to you a permit which you have to display in your windshield.
NOW, HOWEVER, to an interesting question.
We arrived here on Thursday in the early afternoon. We had been running our generator already for several hours on the way to here and we have continued running it for about 30 hours or more.
We need to run the generator to have AC for our dog as well as the fridges in our trailer.
I have never thought about this but the thought occurred, is it ok to run the generator 24/7 for several days??
Cheers,
Ronald
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It’s my understanding they were designed to do that. Just make sure it doesn’t overheat.
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Entertainers run them 24/7 only shutting them down to do a service…Our generators have no hours on them typically and need that run time as well as being loaded.
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Ron,
We have a few places we stay at for a week or so every year. Typically the evenings are cool and the days warm so while I don’t run our generator 24/7 it is run from the minute we get up until we go to bed.
The only thing I do is insure before running it for 100 to 150 hours is to make sure it has a fresh oil and filter change.
I think the best thing we can do for our generators is to run them hard and often.
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I have started our generator on a Wednesday morning as we left on a trip and not turned it off until the following Monday evening. Between travel and dry camping in Memphis TN in August, the generator was constantly needed.
No problems. Keep up with servicing. Be nice to your generator and it will be nice to you.
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A Kohler rep once told me the rebuild is usually about 30,000 hrs, run it long, hard and often.
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We were working in the New Orlean’s area back in 2005 after Katrina. We ran the generator 24/7 for 9 days straight only shutting down for a short period (I think twice) to check the oil level.
They actually love to run and as long as they have oil and fuel they will pretty much run forever!
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