For you poor Snow Bound suckers....... err...... folks

[Hazcat]

I only paid 2K for my 15KW gen but to run it for 3 days would take 75 gallons of fuel.

[TSB]

I only paid 2K for my 15KW gen but to run it for 3 days would take 75 gallons of fuel.

Maybe you shouldn't run the AC, pool pump, wet bar, Hazaritta maker and the disco ball off the generator!  I think in FL, you should get a wind turbine, it would make more sense...

[Fatman]

Finally fixed the snow blower today. 1/2 hr of nipping the tangled extension cord and pulling it out one small piece at a time, followed by a trip to home Depot for a new shear bolt.  BTW, if you tip the blower back on the handles that nasty odor and cold, slick feeling around your knees is the gas pouring out of the carb and/or muffler... 

[Hazcat]

LOL!  Only got to 76 here today and going all the way down to 58 tonight.     

[TSB]

LOL!  Only got to 76 here today and going all the way down to 58 tonight.     

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[MikeBjerum]

I only paid 2K for my 15KW gen but to run it for 3 days would take 75 gallons of fuel.

Assuming that you would be running at full capacity and using $2.00 fuel, this would equate to fourteen cent electricity (not including equipment and maintenance).  Our average wholesale price is 5.1 cent and we are charging nine cents.  However, in periods of high demand and average of $0.25 is not uncommon with spikes of nearly $0.50 (wholesale).  I know people in California that are installing solar (w/o batteries) to provide at a cost of $0.22, and that is break even with buying retail.

Depending on your fuel costs and power costs, your generator may not be that bad a deal.

[Hazcat]

I'm thinking of haved it set up for LPG.  Do you have any idea of consumption rate based on 25 gallons of gasoline per 24 hours?

Reason I ask is I have a big LPG tank for my stove and drier that I could use.

[PegLeg45]

I'm thinking of haved it set up for LPG.  Do you have any idea of consumption rate based on 25 gallons of gasoline per 24 hours?

Reason I ask is I have a big LPG tank for my stove and drier that I could use.

Too bad it's not diesel. You could run it off of used cooking oil for nothing.

[MikeBjerum]

Haz,

Here is a link to fuel comparisons:  http://www.propanecarbs.com/propane.html

When we farmed we had three straight trucks, and one was LP.  Over the three years I tracked it, the LP (Chev 396) was cheaper than the IH (39?) and higher than the Ford (360) in terms of fuel costs.  However, two important points: 1.  The Chev and the IH both had boxes that held 375 bushels and the Ford only held 250; and 2.  The Chev (LP fueled) was the only one that was tarped, so it ran out down the road at 60 mph all the time, while the other two were limited to 40 mph when loaded (have their road time).

We always figured it was a wash in fuel costs between the two bigger trucks.  However, for a home generator you would save road taxes by buying LP rather than purchasing gas or diesel at the pumps.  I had 1,000 gallon tanks by the grain dryer where I filled, and I paid road taxes annually based off miles driven.

You won't have issues with temperatures down there, but up here the LP truck needed to be preheated in cold weather to start.  When temps got in the teens and lower it the fuel would not vaporize if the engine was not warm.

[Big Frank]

I have natural gas in my house and if I had a standby generator I could run a line out to it. No LP tank to buy and no worring about the fuel tank ever running empty since it doesn't need one.