Generator

[CrealCritter]

The guy I used to farm sit for had a whole house generator and it was propane. We had a Derrechio wind come through and lost power for days in late June several years ago... it was brutally hot and I hauled water for cattle at pastures where the only water available was from wells due to all the "fencing the livestock out of the streams " that was pushed.... and I could at least take showers at his house. He was in Alaska... but it kicked on right after the power went out. Most everything here is either diesel or propane because we do not have natural gas available.

Sounds like it was nice trip away for you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Also, drying clothes is for the outside clothes line.... I don't even have a dryer here at the house... it has been in the storage trailer for over 20 years....

Oh yeah no doubt... My electrician is one of the certified installers. He told me if you got the $ they will fix you right up. Install a system that will automatically kick on when the main line is down and shut down when the service is restored. Also the unit will start up weekly and do self checks and report any issues to company and automatically schedule a service call. But you're gonna pay handsomely.

Us poor people can do maintenance on our own and push a button or pull a rope to start the generator when it's needed.

My electrician also told me one guy had over 1/2 mile of natural gas line trenched to his generator. He said that had to cost him a pretty penny. Another one he installed was propane only and the guy said after 8 days he would be in the dark with a dedicated 500 gallon propane tank.

So we weighed out what we could afford. My wife and I attacked this from all angles we could think of. For us this one will one work... and won't cost an arm and a leg, with some lifestyle changes. It's flexability being gasoline or propane with the flip of a manual switch, is a big plus also.

My wife had initially had generator illusions of grandeur. That quickly vanished when she saw the price tag 😂

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[CrealCritter]

The thing is a hawse. Tomorrow I'm gonna fill it with valvoline 10w30 full synthetic and some 89 octane and give it a test fire.

it comes with steel body parts including the gas tank. A battery for electric push button start plus a recoil (pull rope) starter. It also comes with oil filler tube and funnel, all the electric plug ends, propane hose including regulator for propane bottle operation, a cheap tool bag full of cheap tools to assemble it and manuals, maintenance log book and SWAG (stickers).

I'll post more about it after the test fire. I hope I'll never have to use it, but it's good to have one.just in case you get into an emergency situation.

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[farmerjan]

Use all gas, no ethanol blends in it to run cleaner.... like with any small engines, motors.
That is almost exactly what I was looking at a couple years ago... I think the one I was thinking of was a 12000 instead of a 13000.... same make....

 

[CrealCritter]

dont fill it with passenger car motor oil. it doesnt have anough zddp and will cause damage and excessive wear. use a heavy duty engine oil like rotella, or delo 10w30 or sae hd 30 or 15w40. i run 15w40 in mine but i live in texas where it doesnt get too cold often.
also unless you wanna rebuild the carburetor often i suggest filling it with non ethanol gas if you can find it or just run it on propane. ethanol gas will rot the carb if it sits.

Thanks for your wisdom ✓

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[Chic Rustler]

how many air-conditioners? what size?

 

[CrealCritter]

how many air-conditioners? what size?

Just one for emergency use 2.5 ton 30 amp/220 V. But that's starting amperage.

 

[Medicine Woman]

My house had a whole house generator that took care of the house, trailer and barn. I still have the generator but not the house and barn. After Ida we used small, gasoline generators which powered up DH’s trailer and later his family house….much smaller than my house. All we needed to do is plug it into the 220 line for the electric dryer.
I do think I would like to bring my whole house generator here also because tell you the truth, I don’t care to sit in a truck, at the beginning of September, in southeast Louisiana, to tank up the truck and every available gas container for like an 8 hour wait, praying that the station doesn’t run out of fuel before I get there. But I think I will go on having both types of generators just in case. You can’t just start up a generator and keep enjoying the AC until you are restored. You got to give them a rest and check gauges.