If you can afford to cover the generator at night then it will be much warmer in the morning than if you let it radiate into space. Either way, you simply need to make sure your generator supplier understands the conditions it's expected to be in, and you fuel supplier understands that the fuel they put in the tank now may not be used until some morning when it's very cold. In the lower peninsula you can expect -10F (-23C), and the occasional colder snap. In the upper peninsula you should plan on -40C/F. It's not nearly as bad as antarctica or the arctic, but you might learn a few lessons from them. An idling generator takes very little fuel, so one of your strategies might be to run it overnight if it's expected to be cold. But your generator supplier will have all that information - including pre-starting fuel warmers, etc. -Adam On 9/12/06, Richard Stevens wrote: > Damn...Not quite obvious enough :-) I'm looking at year round operation, > and am taking my bad case to be turning up on a winter morning after the > unit has spent the night - say since 5 pm yesterday - not running. When I > say year round, I don't necessarily mean continuous utilisation, but likely > to be deployed for a week or two at any time of the year. > > On 11 September 2006 23:55, alan smith [SMTP:micro_eng2@yahoo.com] wrote: > > asking the obvious....during what time of year is this being deployed? > > > > --------------------------------- > > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small > Business. > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist