[Elecraft] OT GENERAC generators

[Mel Farrer via Elecraft]

Good question.

OK here are the stats on my 30 KVA Generac.  Consider a normal day winter time and the power goes out at commute time.  After the calls to PG&E (in my area), we settle down to a evening without power, UNTIL.  The word comes that the power will be off for up to 24 hours.   The freezer is good for over night so unless wife wants to watch TV, we set it out over night.  


In the morning, I manually fire up the diesel and check the 25 gal tank level.  2/3 full approx 16 gal.  Switch over the manual mains and we are on full power load.

PG& E was wrong on the estimate and did not have a solid eta on restored power.   After running the Generac until everyone has had their showers, etc.  I shut it down for the night.  In the morning I check the fuel and it is at a little over 1/3 or 8 gal. I crank it up, start the day. About 3PM the indoor NE2 lamp on the commercial side of the panel comes on and I switch off the Generac.   I refill the diesel fuel tank.  Estimate time on the RTM is about 21 hours running on 8 gal of diesel.  Yes, it has a idle mode but keeps the voltage above 100 VAC.  

Not bad.

Mel, K6KBE



On Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:20 PM, Earl <n5zm at suddenlink.net> wrote:
 


My 20 KW whole house Generac runs on natural gas.

Earl N5ZM..


On 7/24/2014 7:40 PM, K8JHR wrote:
> How much fuel do all you guys with whole house generators keep on hand?
>
> How much fuel does one need to, say, go for 10 days?  Does everyone have 
> that on hand?
>
> What next, if you run out of fuel...
>
>
> [--Note - not an argument, a serious question.  I know lots of guys with 
> generators, but I bet they have only one or two days of fuel on hand. What 
> does it really take?  Does one need a submarine-size tank, like we see in 
> rural areas, to go the distance? ]
>
> ---------------------- K8JHR ------------------------
>
> On 7/24/2014 5:22 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
>
>> We chose to add a generator to our home after a cheaply built foreign
>> model was unable to supply even enough power for
>
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