Hi Chuck, It has been a joy to use in the field, though I've only done it a couple of times. It ran all night on the gas in the generator. I've had only three problems: 1, the first time I used it overfilled the tank and it scared me with the gasoline sloshing around and fumes getting out, and the generator in the front of my Jeep; 2, it was a pain in the butt to change the oil in the desert (you're supposed to do that after running it for a while); 3, I keep it in the garage under the box it came in, and yesterday when Iooked at it in the garage, I saw a flap of the cardboard box was damp. Under the generator there was more of this damp material. But when I put smelled it, it didn't smell like gasoline; maybe it was oil. Possibly the oil plug has come loose, or possible gasoline dripped out though I think the latter is unlikely. I need to check it further. The only concern I've heard about using the generator during a power outage, as per the last big discussion, is that it shouldn't be connected to the house when the power goes back on. Instead, according to one of the commentators, it can be used to power individual appliances, not a circuit. -- Best wishes, Joe Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Well tonight the wind blew so of course Rocky Mountain Power has failed in our neighborhood. I guess the gerbil in the treadmill died, or the extension cord got pulled out of the transformer or something. At any rate, for the first time since I got my generator (2 years ago) I'm running the house on it- and I have to say that it's more stable than the power company! Running the computer on gasoline right now (instead of coal and wind) and no complaints. I do run the generator for 10 minutes every 2 to 3 weeks just to keep it lubricated, change fuel every year and use Sta-bil in the gas. Joe Bauman, you've been running your laptop & telescope in the field from a generator for some time now; any insights or comments? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.