Had a stand by generator installed. Generac 15KW 60amp, can’t run every thing in my shop but it will run the house and most of my shop. Power goes out for a few hours or days we can go about life normally for the most part.
Pretty much guaranteed our power never goes out
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Had a stand by generator installed. Generac 15KW 60amp, can’t run every thing in my shop but it will run the house and most of my shop. Power goes out for a few hours or days we can go about life normally for the most part.
Can really burn up a lot of fuel if run for extended period of time, I have a small inverter generator for the minimum stuff fridge and fireplace fan, and a large generator for pumping water when needed. found that out when I was out of power for a couple weeks with a heavy snow used $25 a day in gas now with a small generator less than 10.
I have been looking at a 28K Generac LPG generator. Datasheet says it burns 2.5 GPH @50% load. My 1000 gallon tank would not last long. Makes a solar system look more interesting.
Dan
I have a solar system also, but they’re designed to not run or run minimal when you don’t have power coming in so you would have to be off the grid to really make that work properly that way, but I stay hooked up on the grid because it gives all my extra a place to go, a reservoir, otherwise it’s lost and I produce enough that I don’t have any electric bill, the only way you can do that is to put in the system yourself After buying a kit, you have to go through all the permit process for that. The generator is primarily an emergency source when your other electricity supply is not working, and that only happens seldom for me in my location.
If I went solar it would not be off grid. It would be net metering and preferably with battery backup.
Dan
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I have a Kohler 26Kw propane automatic. 1,000 gallon tank. Consumption seems acceptable. Of course, once installed no outages since... prior to this, I had a 22Kw gasoline Generac 'portable (500 pounds portable!!!), used over 20 gallons of gasoline a day, power outages at least once a year for 24+ hours....
Yes, I am on net metering, whatever you do do not lease a system that actually values your property, concerning a battery, crunch the numbers because they would never pay off for me since I don’t have a bill as it is, and it could only run the property for one day with minimal use, if you set it up with an AC coupler so you could produce power when the grid is down then that would be a good system, but you’ll pay for it.
Very nice! I think our perception changes when we're prepared for the worst. The reduction in stress makes us think that the need went away.
I've been at this house for 12 years and never had the power go out for more than a few hours and that was part of the reason why I opted for a Kubota 7kW generator (GL7000). If doing it again I would buy a PTO powered generator and might still do that at some point. The idea of having mobile power is appealing to me but I like what you did.
I have already crunched the numbers. If I was 20 years younger and in good health it would be a done deal.
Dan
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I bought an old MEP803A military surplus diesel generator about 10 years ago. It won't run everything but keeps us comfortable with a little load management. After the auction fees, trip to pick up, wiring, interlock kit, and building a load bank for maintenance and testing I was all in for 2 grand. Sips a measly .7 GPH of diesel.
My lungs did - they are only 55. Unfortumately the rest of me is still 75
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You’re in your prime now.My lungs did - they are only 55. Unfortumately the rest of me is still 75
Dan
but if need be, we’ll go all Ted Williams on ya and get your head frozen.
We don't lose power for long or often, but we put a new furnace in last year ($17,000) we have hot water base board, it only takes once to make it worth it. If the storm that RI had was more west we would have been out of power with freezing temperatures. There is also peace of mind when a storm is headed our way.
I used to lose power all the time so I put one in. The following year the town and utility did a lot along the roadways and power has been much more reliable. I installed around 2011 and it has less than 400 hours and it does a 10 min test run every week.
Naw - I will spend eternity in a jar on a shelfYou’re in your prime now.
but if need be, we’ll go all Ted Williams on ya and get your head frozen.
Dan
If I were “in town” with Nat’l Gas available….I’d install a Generac or Kohler stby system. But living rural…on propane… despite having 1K-gal propane tank…. and considering that any long-term outage (which is the only kind that would really concern me) would also probably mean a propane-delivery-problem….. I.E. …FUEL for the generator is the issue, IMO, rather than type of stby-power system….
Therefore I’ve decided that …for us…. several portable gasoline generators, all set-up for household-power OR mobility if necessary …is the best solution.
I have a two or three-week qty of gasoline on-hand year-round…(I keep a considerable amount of av-gas on the premises) …and ordinary gasoline will be easier to replenish in the long-term due to universality in the marketplace.
Since I own 3 generators (and a self-contained RV for long-term refuge should that be necessary)…I have sufficient power for the majority of the house, …and separate power for the water-well…and yet-another portable generator for the unlikely event one of the other two should fail.
I’m all-in for less than $2K in hardware.
Therefore I’ve decided that …for us…. several portable gasoline generators, all set-up for household-power OR mobility if necessary …is the best solution.
I have a two or three-week qty of gasoline on-hand year-round…(I keep a considerable amount of av-gas on the premises) …and ordinary gasoline will be easier to replenish in the long-term due to universality in the marketplace.
Since I own 3 generators (and a self-contained RV for long-term refuge should that be necessary)…I have sufficient power for the majority of the house, …and separate power for the water-well…and yet-another portable generator for the unlikely event one of the other two should fail.
I’m all-in for less than $2K in hardware.