> On July 29, 2017 at 2:07 PM "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > So what happens if you try running your house off a 25KW generator?
You go broke buying fuel? Ask Jim Cathey about his 6 cylinder Propane generator from govdeals. When gas was $4 a gallon and I had a five day power failure, I was paying $20-30 a day to run a 11hp generator 6-8 hours a day. The pain of that (more psychological than real) caused me to buy a small pile of generators, chasing efficiency. The winner was a Husky (Home Depot version of Homelite) 3650 with 6.5HP Subaru engine that I stupidly sold to my next door neighbor. I should have kept the 11hp Briggs engined 1984 Coleman and the Husky and never bought another generator. The Coleman runs my water heater without complaint. The Husky would run a 40" CRT, my furnace blower, and my clothes dryer (on air) for 110 minutes on 60oz of gasoline. The year after the five day power failure, I had a 3 day outage. For the past four years, my generator needs haven't added up to 4 gallons of gas. I had a 3 hour failure last month, can't remember when the previous one was. My 1800rpm Wisconsin engined generator might have been the ticket, if it had a working carburetor on it or if I were willing to pay $300 for a new carb. My 11hp Subaru contractor's generator uses slightly less gas than the Coleman, but it's got a 20amp circuit breaker that blows when I try to run the water heater. Why in the world would you make a 6100w generator and then put a 20amp breaker and 20 amp outlet on its power output? I'm tempted to bypass the breaker and install a 30 amp outlet. Mitch. _______________________________________ 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
