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11-01-2005, 04:30 PM
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| FreshJunkie Join Date: Apr 2003
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|  Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. Quick question to all the legal heads in the board. Is it illegal to have a generator in the balcony of an apartment? I am thinking of getting a small and VERY quite generator (53 to 58 decibels) to use in my condo for the next time the city lose power but some people have told me that it's illegal to do so. I think 58 decibles is pretty quiet, what do you guys think? |
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11-01-2005, 04:46 PM
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| CoolJunkie  Join Date: May 2005
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| Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Illegal! Most (99%) of all associations will not allow 'gens' on the balconies as well as barbeques in some cases. The carbon Monoxide fumes from a gen can be lethal to the neighbour who's windows are open.
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11-01-2005, 04:47 PM
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| MegaJunkie  Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Quote:
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11-01-2005, 05:04 PM
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| Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Have you hear if this law is actually enforced after a hurricane? I highly doubt it. About the dangerous fumes, I own a duplex and there are no other apartment as high as my apartment... I remember when I was a kid in Santo Domingo everybody had a generator in their balconies and I never hear of any accidents related to this... |
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11-01-2005, 05:11 PM
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| CoolJunkie  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Magic City
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 | Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) not only is it Illegal but not safe The fumes can causes Carbonmonoxide poisoning and in some cases fires
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11-01-2005, 05:17 PM
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| FunkyJunkie Join Date: May 2005
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| Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Illegal...yet never enforced by local police...if anything your neighbors would probably ask you to help them cool some water and for some ice...
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11-01-2005, 05:22 PM
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| CoolJunkie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Magic City
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11-01-2005, 05:47 PM
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| CoolJunkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere else
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| Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Legal, fume-free alternative: a deep-cycle, closed-cell 12V battery and a power inverter. It won't run a refrigerator, but it will keep a box fan going to keep you cool (and sane) during the night. Recharge it during the day with your car (or a friend's generator).
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11-01-2005, 05:51 PM
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| Non Sufficit Orbis  Join Date: Feb 2003
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 | Re:Generator in Apartments Question (miami) Beware of busybody neighbors. A lot of the times, they'll fuck you over just to fuck you over. The best solution for an apt/condo situation is to have a large industrial battery backup to run a small laptop and router. That way you have communications, provided there's landline service. Foodwise? Well, learn to live off of dried and canned goods... Ideally, you should also have a "fallback" location out of the disaster zone. If the emergency extends beyond 3 or 4 days, it is always advisable to just get the hell out of Dodge until normal services resume.
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11-01-2005, 06:07 PM
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| CoolJunkie Join Date: Jul 2003
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