[AT] Generator LP fuel consumption

[Cecil Bearden]

Don a loaded 15kw onan with a 6 cyl continental will use 60 gallons in 
24 hours.  A 20kw fully loaded would probably use 80gallons then 
multiply that by 1.2 to get fully loaded and by .55 for half load.  I 
would estimate 45 to 50 gallons in 24 hours.  That is only 2 gallons an 
hour.  If you broke that down into tractor terms, 10 KW ewrquires about 
20 hp to drive it, a 20hp tractor on lp would use more than 2 gallons 
per hour.  I would think.

I had a good friend only yesterday ask me for a 60 Kw generator for his 
house with a transfer switch.  He wanted to run it on Nat gas and auto 
switch so that if his wife was there alone and the power was out she 
would have air conditioning and the stove, etc..  Natural is cheap right 
now so it would only run about $60 a day to run it.  However he is 
looking at $12K outlay for a good used unit.

Cecil in ok

Ernie wrote:
> Dan,
> I had a 6.5 KW Onan LP generator on a motor home and I felt it really liked
> fuel.  The other thing I didn't like about it was I plugged the orifice in
> the diaphragm a couple of time, just when I did not want to have to tear it
> apart, as if any time is good.  This was a 1998 model. Maybe the one you are
> looking at is newer and better.  Good luck
> 
> Ernie  
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> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 9:09 AM
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> Subject: [AT] Generator LP fuel consumption
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> I have the opportunity to buy a 20 KW Generac LP fired generator with less
> than 120 hours.  Has anyone any experience with these?  I am concerned about
> fuel consumption.  What is its per hour consumption of LP under half load
> conditions.  I have some rough numbers but I am looking for real world
> figures.
> 
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