Royal, I don't know about charging up the LT battery. I tried to ask my guru, but I can't reach him right now. I didn't have my LT during the 04 storms here and I don't think he gave me instructions if we had gotten Ike or Hanna. But as soon as I talk with him I will ask.
AS far as the generator goes. You need to change out the oil pretty often. I have a 5500 gen, as long as I had gas I used it. I'd shut it down for a couple hours a day but usually ran it prolly 20 hours a day if I could obtain the gas. Doing that, I changed the oil about every other day or about every 50 hours. I think that is what my instructions said. It is a simple process even for me. I was warned bad oil, bye bye generator = $800 at that time. DO NOT fill it when it is running - it can make your wife's fears come to fruition. (fire)
Do not keep it anywhere near a window (opened or closed - those toxic/deadly fumes CAN and WILL find you) they are odorless. I kept mine about 15 feet or more from the house, pointing the exhaust in the wind direction which took it away from the house. After the storms, I had a 'pony tail' made up for it, which is a direct connect thru my dryer plug. I turn off the main power switch in the fuse box. Plug in the pony tail and start the generator. The bestest thing since peanut butter when you have no electric.
They had printed a list in our paper here on how much you can run on XXX watts. As well as how much pretty much everything was watted.. ie fridge, TV, toaster etc. You can tell if you have too much on, as the Gen will drag and poop out ifyou don't turn something off.
IF there is any thing else I can help with, please let me know...
Good luck.. and smile, it does get better..
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