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So you’d leave the generator running when you park the vehicle, unattended? Would it be safe to allow this in, say, an indoor parking garage? It would be like

• WalterBright 7y ago
  > So you’d leave the generator running when you park the vehicle, unattended? I use a generator frequently. I leave it outside, unattended. So do the neighbors (when the power goes out). I never leave an idling car unattended because I worry about it. It's a much bigger deal than a little gas engine. > It would be like leaving a vehicle idling when you park it. Noisy, polluting, and potentially deadly. It certainly is a bad idea to run any sort of combustion engine in a poorly ventilated area. Perhaps I presume too much that people will have some common sense. As for the noise, that's a design issue. ICE car engines are pretty quiet these days. There's no particular reason why a small ICE has to be loud like a chainsaw.