Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Scott Ritchey]

"Natural gas would be shut down in the event of an earthquake. Chances may
be slim of an earthquake in your locale, but really no place is 100%
earthquake free. The Midwest is very vulnerable. We don't have mountains,
which seem to attenuate them to a certain area, so they are felt over a much
larger land mass. If an emergency generator is truly for emergencies, one
must account for a wide variety of scenarios."

In FL panhandle (previous home) hurricanes were common (averaged 1-2 a year
back then) and earthquakes (sand quakes?) were non-existent.  So NG was a
good option, particularly since you'd be on the generator for 2-7 days. Here
in NC earthquakes are also rare but we are pretty far inland (hurricane
issue) and typical power outages are less than a day, so propane works fine.
I typically keep a 500 gal underground tank at least half full (which is
actually 200 gal because they will only fill to 80%).  But the main point is
neither NG or propane go "bad" like Diesel or gasoline.



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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Rick Knoble]

On May 8, 2012, at 12:31 PM, "Scott Ritchey"  wrote:

>  Of course if you
> have reliable natural gas, that eliminates the storage problem at less cost.


Natural gas would be shut down in the event of an earthquake. Chances may be 
slim of an earthquake in your locale, but really no place is 100% earthquake 
free. The Midwest is very vulnerable. We don't have mountains, which seem to 
attenuate them to a certain area, so they are felt over a much larger land 
mass. If an emergency generator is truly for emergencies, one must account for 
a wide variety of scenarios. 

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Scott Ritchey]

" I roll it over with the starter a few times a year just to make sure it'll
go if I need it to"

Also to pump some oil back onto the bearings, cylinders, etc.  My Generac
cranks itself and runs for 12 minutes every week for a self test and oil
bath.  

Despite the cost, propane is the way to go for a standby generator because
you need to store a lot of it (hopefully) for a long time.  Of course if you
have reliable natural gas, that eliminates the storage problem at less cost.

-Original Message-
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Cathey
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 1:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

> How's that genset running?  Did you move the power like you wanted?  
> Still
> have the pictures of the derusting project?

Runs OK, but I haven't started it in probably four years.
It's propane, so that's OK.  I roll it over with the starter
a few times a year just to make sure it'll go if I need it to.

The power feed is now centralized, but I did _not_ get my
manual cutoff switch, and so I still need two generators.

The rust pictures and such are all still there:

http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/genset.html

-- Jim



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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Jim Cathey]

How's that genset running?  Did you move the power like you wanted?  
Still

have the pictures of the derusting project?


Runs OK, but I haven't started it in probably four years.
It's propane, so that's OK.  I roll it over with the starter
a few times a year just to make sure it'll go if I need it to.

The power feed is now centralized, but I did _not_ get my
manual cutoff switch, and so I still need two generators.

The rust pictures and such are all still there:

http://userweb.windwireless.net/~jimc/genset.html

-- Jim



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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Brian Toscano]

How's that genset running?  Did you move the power like you wanted?  Still
have the pictures of the derusting project?


On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Jim Cathey  wrote:

> I believe that all you need are 45/90/180 degree bends, straight hose, and
>> a handful of hose barb union fittings.
>>
>
> The last time I had this problem was on the genset, I used
> copper plumbing fittings for the bends and the diameter
> change.  Not as pretty, true...
>
> -- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT - Jeep heater hoses

[Jim Cathey]

I believe that all you need are 45/90/180 degree bends, straight hose, 
and a handful of hose barb union fittings.


The last time I had this problem was on the genset, I used
copper plumbing fittings for the bends and the diameter
change.  Not as pretty, true...

-- Jim



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