I've got an old 220H that's been converted to run on kero; I keep a few gallons of that and mineral spirits around. Iirc the big secret is to downsize the orifice--the cleaning needle and the orifice out of a single mantle in the generator body of a 2 mantle... I've also got a somewhat newish 2-burner that seems just fine running vm&p.
Is it worth picking up an old sportster? I was asked if we (I?) had a spare full cylinder for the gas grill... I also got a couple of over-priced quarts of shelf-stable premix for the chainsaw. Picked up a couple of 5 gal cans of #2 as well as ensuring everything had full tanks... I wired the generator in on a temp basis, and picked up a new DVD for little dude. He ended up wanting to play scrabble instead! He put the Q to good use (twice!), as well as the Z (off a triple word!) and managed to pick up two more triple words. (Darned good for a 6 yr old!) Needless to say the longest outage we had was 40 secs. Previously it's been longer--emptied the fridge and freezer thrice in 18 mos! -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Oct 29, 2012, at 19:48, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Everyone in the NE has a Coleman stove and lantern. Don't we? > > Mike > On Oct 29, 2012 7:29 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> To bad you don't have a coleman stove and a lantern... >> >> >> Things are just starting to ramp up as darkness falls. The rain is >>> getting serious and the wind is starting to gust. I'm not seriously >>> worried, we get some pretty good wind anyway. >>> I bought a gallon of camp fuel, I usually keep 2 gallons on hand so this >>> is just a backup, I've got 3 gallons of kerosene, 1 gallon of mix gas for >>> the generator and a half dozen 1# cans of propane plus 3 gallons for the >>> grill. I put the battery charger on my 110ah battery that will run lights >>> and laptops, it was charged, which reminds me I should put it on my spare >>> group 49 battery, suspenders and belt after all. >>> The woodstove is lit, the wood room is about 3/4 full, the outside rack >>> has a half cord under a tarp. >>> >>> In a minute I'm going to roast a chicken for dinner, bake bread and cook >>> some turkey cutlets for lunch tomorrow. >>> >>> -Curt >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
