What he said. And if you're really paranoid, you can set one up for dual fuel (NG & LP) easily and for little additional cost.
The likelihood of your NG supply failing is very, very low. The few areas that require dual fuel setups by law are places like California, where the possibility of interruption is present from things like earthquakes. The only real disadvantage with NG is that it is lower in BTU content than gasoline or LP, therefore, the generator output is slightly lower on NG. I was just talking with my partners, and they mentioned that if we sell 10 or more units at a time we get a pretty good discount... Dan --- On Thu, 2/11/10, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hey Andrew > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 1:40 AM > Natural gas (or propane) is the way > to go IMO. The fuel doesn't go bad and > the carb doesn't gum up. And with Natural gas there's > no storage problem (I > have a 500 gal underground propane tank). The > downside is you need a more > costly generator that's set up for LP on NG. My > neighbor in FL had a 40KW > NG generator that fed the neighborhood after several > hurricanes. > > Diesel may be more efficient but there are the fuel issues > (transportation, > storage, shelf life). > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 15:37 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hey Andrew > > What do people think of [her idea of] purchasing a > generator hooked up to > our utility natural gas line? > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV > SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, > 53310 <meade.m.dil...@navy.mil> > wrote: > > > I like the inverter idea, I wonder how much power > Andrew needs? You > > could leave the diesel Benz idling while plugging the > inverter into that > > car and the furnace into the inverter, but you may > need too much power > > for the start draw from the furnace blower (assuming > gas furnace). > > > > -Max > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Mitch Haley > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:28 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hey Andrew > > > > andrew strasfogel wrote: > > > Unfortunately, all > > > the stores are closed so I can't go out and buy > firewood. > > > > Firewood comes from stores? > > Anybody on Craigslist or in the WaPost offering > delivered wood for sale? > > Do you have room in the garage to stack a 4'x8'x16" > rick of wood, or > > half of one? (a full cord = three 16" ricks = 128 > cubic feet = total > > overkill) > > > > > > > > We are considering getting a gas powered > generator, or converting our > > > fireplace to natural gas, as a result of this > experience. > > > > It doesn't take much to run a furnace. One of those > little 1000w > > 2-stroke generators can do it if the furnace is 110v. > I see them on sale > > for $90-100 on occasion. > > Before he got the standby generator, my dad put an > outlet in the power > > line to the central heat boiler, brought in the > batteries out of his > > boats, and backfed the outlet with an inverter hooked > up to all the > > marine batteries. I suspect you've got a few group 49 > batteries on hand. > > If you backfeed any part of the electrical wiring, you > must isolate it > > by turning off the breaker or removing the fuse. > > > > > > Mitch. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To > search list archives > > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
