[KYHAM] Re: BPL, Ham radio and the EOC

[Fred Flowers]

The point being make is, Propane generators will not run with no fuel.  If 
the brown stuff hits the fan, I doubt that you can get the propane co. to 
deliver fuel.  If one needs diesel all one needs is a hand pump, hose & a 
tank.  A pair a bolt cutters would be handy also.

I wouldn't have anything else but propane at a tower site for short term 
outages.  Long term wide spread outages call for diesel.

Do you have any tower sites in the BG area?

Fred Flowers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Bowers" <bbowers at townsqr.com>
To: "N4AOF" <n4aof at arrl.net>; <kyham at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [KYHAM] Re: BPL, Ham radio and the EOC


> Propane has a number of advantages including the
> reliabilty of the fuel.   I have bought over 100
> telecommunications sites with propane gensets,
> and all but one fired first time after years of no use.  The one that did 
> not fire up had a problem
> with the engine controller.
>
> Out of the 30 or so diesel sites, over 2 years inactive, almost all 
> required some level of work,
> or repeated attempts, to get them to fire up.
>
>
>>> For public safety
>>> and health service standby, diesel sets are the way to
>>> go, since a two people with a 4 wheel drive truck or
>>> even on foot can procure and transport diesel fuel
>>> with ease compared to the specialized methods needed
>>> with propane.
>>
>
>
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