Do the math, man. I laid it out in my post in the last paragraph.. -D
> On Apr 2, 2020, at 5:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow, that sounds like a good alternative to the noisy generators. Roughly > how many hours of operation per 100 gals of propane going full bore? > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 5:05 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > Propane. No natural gas close by - at least not any closer than about two > streets away, unfortunately. > > Kohler. 24RCL, 24kW Toyota industrial engine powered water cooled 1800 RPM > set. Set on a concrete pad with a sound attenuated enclosure. 200 amp > automatic transfer switch. Everything in the house will be powered by this. > > No Generac. Had I done an air cooled set, I would have considered Generac, > but I want an 1800 rpm water cooled unit as they’re far quieter, have lower > fuel consumption per kW, and last a lot longer. They are more expensive, > easily 30%-40% more than air cooled. Air cooled is pretty much anything below > 22kW and runs at 3600 rpm. Loud, sucks fuel and has much higher maintenance > costs and requirements. Longevity is far less as well. > > Now I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to set up a fuel supply. Might end > up with a 500 gallon LP tank in the front yard and some directional drilling > done to get the line under the driveway and around the back of the house. The > alternative is a couple of 120 gallon tanks in the back yard, but with this > unit using 4 gallons per hour at full load that doesn’t provide a very long > run time in the event of an extended outage. Actual consumption will probably > be more like 1-1/2 to 2 gallons per hour, but even then that only gives me > roughly four days of run time if the tanks were full (assume 80% capacity > when their full, or around 100 gallons.) > > -D > > > On Apr 2, 2020, at 4:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com > > <mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Natural gas or oil? Is t a Generac? > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:08 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>> wrote: > > Pulled the trigger on my whole house standby generator project today. Gave > > the dealer the go-ahead and will be signing papers and sending out a > > deposit check tomorrow. > > > > Had to have the “prepper” conversation with the wife this morning, making > > sure she understood that when a natural disaster occurs and we're the only > > ones in the neighborhood with electricity, AC, lights, refrigeration, etc. > > that we’re not an arm of the American Red Cross. Tough decision to make, > > but you gotta draw the line somewhere. She’s on board with it so onward and > > upward, so to speak. > > > > It will take 4-6 weeks for permitting so nothing is going to happen right > > away. > > > > Got the jump on the hurricane season work, as people will start getting > > freaky about that come May or so (hurricane season is June-November). > > > > -D > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/ <http://www.okiebenz.com/>> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> <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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com>> > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://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 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
