Posted: 12/7/2009 11:45:27 AM EDT
| Does anyone have experience with propane generators? I'm thinking of getting my parents one. |
| There's been a few threads on them over in the Survival Gear Forum. The propane conversions for small Hondas and Yamahas seem to be especially popular. |
| Im curious as to whether the Natural Gas ones are worth it. Freind of mine and I had a discussion the other day regarding if it would be legal to have a large resivoir tank on ones property that continually filled off the utillity line so that when SHTF and service was interrupted, your generator would have a nice on-site supply. |
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Quoted: Does anyone have experience with propane generators? I'm thinking of getting my parents one. Most of the back country ranches in Idaho and Montana have propane gen sets. The electricity goes out for a week or more every winter from the snowfall knocking down the lines. These are big gen sets. They are permanent fixtures, not portable. Enough power to run the house, the barn, well, and everything else on the ranch. If I was going to run my whole home on a genset, it would be either propane (if I lived in the country) or natural gas (if I lived in town). If I needed portability....trailer mounted, propane....other type, gasoline or diesel. |
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Freind of mine and I had a discussion the other day regarding if it would be legal to have a large resivoir tank on ones property that continually filled off the utillity line so that when SHTF and service was interrupted, your generator would have a nice on-site supply. It's not terribly difficult to switch a generator over from natural gas to propane (and vice-versa). This allows you to fuel your generator with either utility-supplied natural gas, or propane stored in a tank on your property. |