The labels say no ethanol! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 4, 2016 12:57 PM, "George Skorup" <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote:
> We've started our little Yamaha on a 20# tank at -15F before. It can be a > bitch to get started because of the protection valves in tanks now. We had > one old tank without the valve and it would fire up on the first pull every > time. Now it takes 5-6 pulls using the choke to get that valve open. > > One thing I found out with all of my truck woes and shit gasoline is that > small/carb engines were never designed to run the ethanol blends. The > ethanol is corrosive to non-stainless fuel systems. This is why all > FlexFuel certified systems are stainless delivery, injector rails, etc. > > On 4/4/2016 8:22 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Yeah, I have run lots of propane generators. Here are a few problems. >> >> Temperature. If it is -20F outside, you have to have a very very large >> tank to generate enough vapor to keep the generator running. >> >> Conversely you can use a liquid pickup and a vaporizer but you need heat >> energy for the vaporizer to get the thing started. >> >> And liquid pickups also pick all the dirt and sludge at the bottom of the >> tank. You would not believe the amount of gunk in those tanks (I cut old >> ones up for smokers). >> >> And no matter what kind of fuel you use, the starter motor battery is a >> common point of failure as is charger. I like to remote the battery into >> the heated building if there is a heated building. Generac was infamous for >> supplying a charger that failed and you didn't know until you needed. >> >> I started putting telemetry on all starter motor batteries on all >> generators. That is the most important bit of data you need to monitor. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: George Skorup >> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 9:43 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PSA - check your generators! >> >> Propane >> >> On 4/3/2016 7:09 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >> >>> I've had a handful of generators that always started on the first pull. >>> Until today. Got another one for the site but started tearing apart the >>> old one and I think it's a bad carb, something I'll have someone else take >>> a look at. >>> >>> Mine are all sitting inside doing nothing, they're portable with two >>> wheels but require two people or a ramp to put in the truck. I don't know >>> if I'd buy these size units again but I really do like the 8.5 gallons and >>> 24 hour run time... >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >> >> >
