Generator use in winter

[Jcat2010]

In water for the winter - anyone use their generator in the winter ? It's winterizing time again, but with the Yamaha we still have nice days when we can get the boat out for the day. Boat will stay in salt water this year. I plan to drain the fresh water, winterize the air conditioner, winterize the raw water pump, and shower. Pump out the black water and flush some pink. Lower the outboard to protect the lower unit. It would be nice to have the generator available. Anyone have a good solution for not winterizing the generator ? A bilge heater might work, but in a bad storm the power is always the first to go. Just looking for others' experience.

 

[it4llc]

I use a bilge heater through the winter and do not winterize my engine or generator. I do winterize the other systems. I've also got a monitoring system to know if the shore power goes out. Hopefully if that happened and there was risk of freezing, I'm close enough to get to the boat and start something up...