[SixClub] Generator Backup [Was: Any list members on Six? Where?]

[Mike Pappas]

I install Kohler commercial units at all of my broadcast clients.  Under 500 kW Kohler's rock and 75% of them run NG and the balance diesel.

NG is very reliable and safe and we have never had an outage of NG delivery or any safety issues.  And unlike LP, NG doesn't collect in the low spots waiting for a source of ignition..

And the advantage of NG over diesel is that unless your diesel vendor has a genset they won't be able to fill their delivery trucks if the power is out (don't ask me why I know this)...

Best regards and '73,

Mike Pappas
W9CN
advanceddigital at mac.com



On Jun 26, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Dana Rawding wrote:

> You can get a 15KW natural gas or LP for about $3600.  20KW for $4000.  To get an idea go to Amazon and search for Generac Guardian.  I have the 15KW set to LP.  I have a 325 gal tank up behind my pool.  The LP heats the pool, runs 2 propane fireplaces the grill and generator.  Two weeks ago power was out for three days.  No problem at my place as the transfer switch kicked in and it was just like being on the mains.
> 
> I see small 3000W on Craigslist out my way for a few hundred and they run off grill tanks.
> 
> Dana
> N1OFZ
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> On Jun 26, 2011, at 4:55 PM, "doc at kd4e.com" <doc at kd4e.com> wrote:
> 
>> I hate natural gas, there's just something about a gaseous 'bomb'
>> sitting next to the house ... or anywhere on the property ... that
>> makes me nervous.  (Yes, we have a gas grill and I really dislike
>> dealing with it as well.)
>> 
>> Natural gas is also highly vulnerable to delivery interruptions.
>> 
>> That said, it seems to burn cleanly and efficiently, and I suppose
>> the tank might be buried ... real deep?   ;-)
>> 
>> What's a beast, such as the generator you have described, cost -
>> please?
>> 
>>> I'm home tying a knot in the power mains, but I can still work any one.
>>> I do have a 9500 watt generator that would run most of FD without
>>> refueling, but after having it rebuilt it's putting out low voltage.
>>> Well, that and I don't have it hooked up to power the shop which is on
>>> its own electrical feed.   Otherwise I could sit right here in the shack
>>> and operate on generator power.  I think I'm going to eventually get one
>>> of the 15 or 20 KW natural gas/LP gas powered ones with the automatic
>>> transfer switch. Much cheaper (and quieter) to run and no worries about
>>> refueling. OTOH it puts out 9KW continuous and uses less gas than the
>>> little 4KW portable I used to have.
>>> 
>>> 73, Roger (K8RI)
>> 
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