On 5/24/19 10:06 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

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It is best to rotate the gas out.

I keep gas for no more than a year, then use it in my car (mixed with
fresh gas).

I quit using the gas that has ethanol
in it. That sutff is death on small engines if left in the tank very
long.

Also, I've been stopping the generator by shutting off the fuel (with no
electrical load) so it stops within 2 minutes when it uses up the fuel
in the carb.

Using the ethanol free stuff and I do add the Stabil to it, I
have keptit for about 4 to 5 months in sealed gas cans over the winter.
No problems. My mowing season stops from about the last of Novermber to
around March.

Here, no mowing from around Thanksgiving until April (March is a time to
let the wildflowers bloom).

The ethanol free wwith the stabil in it is fine. If it
was the ethanol stuff I would have to clean out the carborator. Have
had to do that several times for being lazy.

As I mow for about half the year, I have 3 of the 5 gallon cans and a 2
gallon can. When I get two of the 5 gallon cans empty, I fill them. It
usually takes me about 1 1/2 gallons per week to mow the yard.
Over the winter I do try to have at least 2 full cans. We usually just
have mild winters, but some have been without power for a week or more.
That seldom hapens. I have only been out for about 2 days one time and
a day the other. I have been without for 3 or 4 hours a few times.

About like that here, although there have been a couple of 5-day
outages. Usually they're in good weather (no air conditioning needed).
Once it did get how, but a small window AC was enough and the small
generator was enough.

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