[AT] lost--generators

Sun Dec 22 10:01:59 PST 2013

I have sworn that once we move, I will never ever ever give the propane bloodsuckers another dime of my money.  We have heated with propane since we have been married and it sure is expensive.  However I guess when it comes to reliability, it's the best fuel for a standby generator.

Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl Gogol <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
>Sent: Dec 22, 2013 12:49 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] lost--generators
>
>I just bought a Generac LP-5500 that is sufficient to start and run the well 
>pump but not AC.  It is propane only and replaces a 3500 watt Winco tri-fuel 
>that my mother bought in about 1970.  In the last five years I have only run 
>a generator for abut 4 hours, but in 2000 it ran intermittently for almost 7 
>days keeping our refrigerator and freezer and a neighbor's refrigerator 
>acceptably cold.  Had to sequence plugging in the cords so all three 
>compressors didn't try to start at once.  the generator is connected to a 
>manual transfer switch and the main load center is set up to easily isolate 
>nonessential circuits that are concentrated in a subpanel.  Fueling with 
>propane avoids all the hassles  of stale gasoline that plagued us on the 
>farm, even before ethanol was added.  I keep a few extra 20 lb. propane 
>tanks around for emergencies than I would normally need.  I was planning to 
>buy a couple of 30 Lb. tanks, but might just stick with a few more 20 
>pounders as they can be transported inside a vehicle whereas the 30 lb. type 
>require using the trailer.  the local hardware store now has a generator and 
>can fill propane tanks in an outage so it doesn't require a large stockpile 
>of tanks.  We have a 500 gallon propane tank for heating and  hot water, but 
>the supplier would have a hemorrhage if I filled small tanks from it.
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Dick Day
>Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 11:59 AM
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>Subject: Re: [AT] lost--generators
>
>I have a 12-year old Generac 7500/13500. I recently converted it to
>tri-fuel.  Running it on gasoline would be a last resort. It carries a 20lb
>bottle of LP on board and I can connect it to our 500 tank that supplies the
>house and barn.  It runs so much better on LP than gasoline.
>
>
>
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>From: "Howard Fleming" <hfleming at moosebird.net>
>Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 7:59 AM
>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] lost--generators
>
>> I have 2 actually.
>>
>> A Campbell Hausfeld 6k portable gas generator, and a 1962 Winco 12k PTO
>> Winco generator (running off of a 1948 Ford 8N, to add a tractor
>> reference).
>>
>> I will use both, but only the 12k (for ? reason will run the well pump
>> since we had it replace a few years ago.  The APC ups's on the file
>> servers here do not like the Campbell Hausfeld either much).
>>
>> Run it due to thunderstorms, ice and snow storms, and if the power
>> utility is having a "bad day"....
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>
>> On 12/22/2013 08:32 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>>> Going in a different direction based on Ralph's comment about not having
>>> a
>>> generator.
>>>
>>> How many on the list have a backup generator and what type of weather
>>> event
>>> causes you to maintain one.
>>>
>>> I've got a really old one (isn't everything I own old!) I rebuilt the
>>> engine
>>> so it is reliable. We keep it in the garage in the event of an ice storm
>>> or
>>> a hurricane, and sometimes an occasional thunderstorm that manages to
>>> disrupt things for several hours in the evening (We've really got to need
>>> it
>>> to crank it up just for a short time).
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ralph Goff
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 7:38 PM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] lost
>>>
>>> On 12/21/2013 10:00 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>>>> Ralph:
>>> I can not imagine going 27 days without electricity now as dependent as
>>> this country is on it . We have been pretty fortunate as Sask. power
>>> keeps the power flowing and I don't recall ever having more than a few
>>> hours without electricity. I don't know of anybody that owns a generator
>>> but no doubt there are a few out there. Some with wood heat would be ok.
>>> My gas heater will still work without electricity and i guess with a
>>> little help I could drag the old wood stove back into the house and hook
>>> it up to the chimney. Still got some firewood stored out in the bin from
>>> the wood burning days. Lets just hope the day never comes I need to do
>>> that.
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
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