The Importance of Maintaining Your Generator in LakeArrowhead and Crestline.
Good day everyone! We’ve had some great snowfall in the last day and a half. We have a sort of lull in the storm right now and there’s blue skies and sunshine! Make sure if you’re coming up here to Lake Arrowhead and Crestline to play in the snow that you carry chains, dress in layers, keep your eyes on the skies, and TAKE YOUR TRASH AND BROKEN SLEDS WITH YOU.
I wanted to write a blog about the importance of maintaining your 
generator should you use one here in mountains. I was sent this photo of a partial house fire due to a generator. The generator was built in 2003 but the owners didn’t change out the oil from the last time it was used in 2007 during the fires. These LakeArrowhead owners had stayed and when the electricity was cut they depended on their generator to power their home. Because with this last storm there was a ton of snow and a lot of broken power lines due to the branches falling on them, we lost power for about 5 hours. Not to worry, power up the generator! Only unfortunately the oil was too old and it overheated and caused the house to catch fire. The rubber hoses also need to be checked, since they were just tired out or getting old (the hoses coming off the full tank.) The fire Captain said that oil and fuel should be changed every year and rubber hoses need to be changed every other year. The generator should be serviced every year and run every three months for 20 minutes.
Thank the good Lord that they smelled the smoke before any more serious damage was caused to their home, and they only lost part of the side of their home and one bedroom. The smoke damage was only limited to the one room also. They had 4 fire extinguishers because of the size of their home and so were able to get it out before the fire department got there.
Lesson learned the hard way, and I am sharing their story so that you Lake Arrowhead and Crestline residents will remember to have fire extinguishers on hand at your homes, and to check the oil and hoses on your generator should you use one.
Take care, and hope you all continue to weather this nice Spring storm safely.
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