Whitetailer
Senior Member
For those of you using an invertor generator. In your experience, do you think it is worth the extra money to get a dual fuel generator? Gasoline/propane.
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trad bow
wooden stick slinging driveler
I’m interested in an answer because wife just said I need to go buy one.
Why?
trying to refuel while hot,sorry gas cans ,storing spare gas,need to buy non-ethanol gas to keep from gumming carb and fuel lines
GeorgiaGlockMan
Senior Member
Dual propane natural gas.
We've had natural gas during the last 3-4 power outages that we've had in Athens. All from ice/snow storms.
Why? Diesel and gas are hard to store in quantity and they don't last forever.
Son
Gone But Not Forgotten
Hurricane Michael of 2018 taught me a lesson. I had one generator, a large gas model that cost over 1K. Two hours after the hurricane it blew up. We were without. My son came from S Florida with his generation to get us going the next day. Before he arrived we were using a small generator a friend had brought over. Now we have three generators. Two gas and one big dual fuel. The yellow one was used a week after Michael. The other two are new. If we hear a hurricane is coming, we will have plenty propane tanks filled and plenty gas on hand.
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nc dawg
Senior Member
Yep.. 10-4 on the propane…non ethanol gas is sorry too..I had to put cleaning the injectors on my Yamaha 150/4 stroke on the yearly maintenance plan because of "the so called non ethanol gas"..
shdw633
Senior Member
How long will a generator go on propane. My gas generators last about 8 hours on a tank of gas.
thumper523
Senior Member
If you get a Propane Generator, make sure you get a can of starting fluid or brake cleaner to get it to start in cold weather. Propane single cylinder engines don't create enough vacuum to start them in cold weather because the diaphragm is cold and rigid. Get a dual fuel and start it on gas then shut off after a minute and switch over if needed.
specialk
Senior Member
i dont know but ive been told that the duel fuel gens propane side only produces 80% of the watts posted....
Mars
Senior Member
If I remember correctly, the generators running on propane are much less fuel efficient than when running on gas. I may be wrong but I think that was a factor I consider back when I bought my generator.
transfixer
Senior Member
If I were going to set one up permanent for my house I might go propane or natural gas, but for a portable I'll stick with regular gasoline, you can remove the majority of ethanol out of regular gasoline if you want to, its not that difficult, biggest issue with ethanol for generators is leaving it in the tank and carb while stored. If you'll drain it out or run it out its less of an issue.
Havana Dude
Senior Member
I have a friend who had a whole house genny installed. 250 gallon propane sunk in ground. Hurricane hit, genny ran about 7 days straight, power came back on. Refill tank...........900+ bucks. I do it somewhat cheaper with a portable.
Havana Dude
Senior Member
That’s a 3600$ a month utility bill.
Do a little research on Honda - when I was looking around there was a conversion kit to hook up propane to say a Honda 2000. They also have a gas cap that will allow hooking it up to a boat-type fuel line so you can run off an outside tank.
If I remember right, a 20# propane can would last about 24 hours, equivalent to about 3 gallons of gas.
I use ethanol fuel - used to add stabil, now add Startron. Run the genny couple hours every 3 months or so and before the storm hits.
Do store gas but cycle thru the jerry cans and replace em. Or you could just buy gas when the storm is a few days out. Put it in your car when stuff is over.
If I remember right, a 20# propane can would last about 24 hours, equivalent to about 3 gallons of gas.
I use ethanol fuel - used to add stabil, now add Startron. Run the genny couple hours every 3 months or so and before the storm hits.
Do store gas but cycle thru the jerry cans and replace em. Or you could just buy gas when the storm is a few days out. Put it in your car when stuff is over.
north_ga fireman
Senior Member
i have a champion dual fuel just bought used not used yet larger variety manual says on 6 gallons of gas around 8-9 hours and slightly less on a 20 pound cylinder
hopper
Senior Member
I bought a Northern 13,000 5 or 6 years ago for work. I use to run it 10 to 15 days a month. Now only gets run maybe a couple days every 3 months. That thing gets regular gas at whatever station is near the job and has never not cranked up. I did pay over $3000 for it but served me well.
