My setup for the house in town has a main disconnect switch for the grid power, which ensures nothing from the generator feeds back to the grid lines. That switch has two positions.. Generator power or Grid Power.. The circuits for the house remain the same, the switch just selects the source.
It is then my duty to not use house devices which will exceed the power supply of the generator. This system does not use any automatic generator start or automatic switching.. so cost remained as low as possible.. Risk taken is power grid will go down when no one is home to switch on generator, and select "Generator Power" . There is a safety interlock between the two systems, so it is impossible to have both generator power and grid power at the same time. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > The big advantage of LP is that it doesn't go bad, not in the tank or in > the > engine. Natural gas is way cheaper if available with slightly reduced > power. LP prices are very volatile but you can stock up when prices are > low. I consider LP ideal for a standby generator unless you happen to keep > a copious supply of liquid fuel on hand for some other purpose. Then > there > is the issue of interfacing a generator with the household wiring. I went > with a 15KV LP unit and one transfer switch that feeds one subpanel which > feeds all the backed-up loads. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond via Mercedes > > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:43 PM > > > > I've read that gasoline engines operated on propane are much cleaner, > almost > > never experience carb trouble and can go longer between oil changes > because > > of it. > > -Curt > > > > _______________________________________ > http://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 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
