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Originally Posted by The Gritz Carlton
It's not good to let a gas engine sit there and idle for hours on end. A bit better on it if you have an elevated idle feature but not good either way. Get a portable genset and electric heaters. Lots of options with the portables. My setup will run for 12+ hours without having to refuel and uses about a gallon every 4 hours.
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Back in the day 35 years ago before, fuel injection, synthetic oil, electronic ignition, computers, platinum spark plugs, catalytic converters and advanced metallurgy we worried about idle time together with mileage and used an hour meter to gauge oil changes and tune ups. For the last 15 years we used Ford V-10s at work. Many times we idled up to 8 hours at a time, 300 days a year. Never had a problem or loss in performance or reliability or warranty. Oil and filter change every 5000 miles.
There are many options available and they depend on individual situations. The inverter generator is a great idea and I highly recommend it. They are more efficient and versatile. The redundancy/ back up factor can not be understated also.
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