AlaskanAg99 said:
AgLiving06 said:
justsomeguy said:
Diggity said:
I'm actually thinking of trying gasoline. Wouldn't want to do that normally, but if I'm likely to return the thing anyway, I don't have much to lose. I only have a 20# propane tank, so I don't think that would be the best thing to test the whole house on.
My thought is if I can run (most of) the house on gasoline, then it's the NG supply or regulator that's the issue. Gas is more efficient, but I should be able to run more than 2 rooms and a 2-ton on NG, soft start or no.
Definitely run it on gasoline. It'll have way more power
Sure, but the massive downside of gasoline is availability in time of need. Most gas stations lost power and those that somehow had power were running out of gas left/right.
So you have an availability issue + you have to shut down the generator to refill it.
Then of course, you have to make sure to keep the gas from going bad in the generator and causing that.
Nat Gas is by far the best fuel available, and when Diggity gets a working generator, he won't have issues powering his house. Even the two AC's won't be an issue for at 13kw Duromax.
You know it amazes me that people are so fragile they cannot fathom being inconvenienced in the slightest.
You do know with a portable you're going to have to shut it down to change the oil/filter, right?
I keep 40g on hand year round. I add Stabil to each 5 gallon can. At the 1 year mark I run it through my vehicles and start over. If I see a storm coming with a high probability of a hit, I'll put 10g in the generator, then go fill up the cans again before it hits.
If no big deal, then I drain the genny and continue as usual. That's just the cost of preparation. If you have a multi fuel generator it'll pay to keep several types on hand in the event 1 fails. There's no guarantee that nat gas will always be available either.
You want to complain about people not wanting to be inconvenienced, and then go on about how you keep tons of gasoline on hand so you aren't inconvenienced. Is it only that people's level of inconvenience needs to match yours to be acceptable? You hold 40-50 gallons of gasoline. I'm sure somebody thinks your fragile for doing that.
My whole point is gasoline is fine, but Nat. gas is better for backup supply. You'll pay more for gasoline, it will be harder to find, and you do have to shut down to refill. You may take the risk and not shut down, but that's your call.
And of course, you shut down to change the oil on a nat gas generator...at 100 hours. there's no filter to change.
But to call people fragile for utilizing a generator that allows us to be more efficient than what you are choosing to be seems silly.