We have a 6.5 K W gasoline powered, portable 2 cylinder, water cooled Honda generator, which pretty much runs everything electrical in the house except the 220 V clothe dryer. This unit burns just under 1 gallon of gass per hour. We usually try to run the generator 1 out of every 2 hours, so we use about 11 gallons in a 24 hour period. Even at to days gasoline prices, paying $35.00 a day makes better scents than letting the food in the freezer spoil or letting the pipes freeze in cold weather. .
Paul Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 9:59 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] cost of running a generator-Cy I believe the numbers someone gave you are a bit high Cy. However I suppose if someone is running a really really big machine which will take care of electric heat that could be more expensive. However to run a moble home. no way.. Unless we are running our sumps we rarely leave the generator running for more than three hours at a time. the last time we ran any generator for more than that was in October of 87 when we pumped water rfor almost 32 hours. we only stopped then to refuel and to change the oil once. That year we had borrowed the generator from a friend and it was an old military generator with two handles , as in for a two man operation.. One problem with owning a generator is liking owning a pickup truck. someone wants to borrow it and return it with an empty fuel tank . speaking of generators, this morning after the turkey entered the oven no more than 5 minutes we lost power but before I had a chance to get dressed. walllaa the power is back on. Merry Christmas all.Lee -- Just close your eyes, tap your heels together three times, and think to yourself, `There's no place like home.' -- Glynda the Good [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
