Posted by Brad Buchanan on September 13, 2012 at 08:24:03 from (74.71.185.165):
In Reply to: whole house generators posted by oliver power on September 12, 2012 at 01:45:00:
I had to run the generator on my service truck for two weeks to power my house and keep the essentials going in my Father-in-laws trailer.
The gen was a twenty year old Homelite 5500 watt.
By controlling the load We were able to live pretty normally except for chasing gasoline. We started out using 14 gallons per 24hr period.
I changed the oil in the gen about 10 days in and put in synthetic- mainly so the gen would turn over more easily in the near zero weather. Oddly enough the fuel consumption reduced to app. 9 gals per 24hr.
Don't know if we were using less or the oil was the difference but she did indeed start easier.
I agree that propane is the ideal but I wonder how much reserve you would need to run a 15 or 25kw gen for an extended period.
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