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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Someone here in my community painted their 500 gallon propane tank up so it looks like a giant Charleston Grey watermelon.
Take that ya anal retentive neighbors.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Oct 2004
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Last big storm we got put my boat on the ñeighbors roof. Not much need for a generator. They sound groovy though.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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Campfire Regular
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I had a 36Kw Generac QuietSource unit installed at our house in CO. It has only run a few times, never while we were there, but having it gives me peace of mind.
Wherever we end up retiring, I'm going to have a Generac QuietSource installed if we have natural gas, but I'm not 100% sure that I'd do it if I had to run it on propane. Neighbor across the street has one , runs it on propane, seems to work just fine for him. I'm sure that it does work fine and propane doesn't degrade for decades, but some places that we've looked have covenants prohibiting large propane tanks. I have a 22kw generac too on a 1000 gallon propane tank. The only problem is the power doesn't go out enough to really enjoy it. It does come on every week for a test and I shut the power off every once in awhile to give it a good work out. No restrictions out here on tank size and no natural gas within miles.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Aug 2004
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I got a welder/generator last year. It should run most everything I need to run. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/YUOcD3y.jpg) I would definitely consider a PTO generator now that I have a tractor that has a 540E PTO gear. It may be more efficient than running the welder. And I generally have many, many gallons of diesel on hand.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2001
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Got ours out and ran the house on it for about 15 minutes. It's a Champion dual fuel. Got it set up to hook into the house's propane and into a manual bypass. A little loud but it runs everything we need.
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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If you have newer appliances like smart TV's, fridges etc, consider an inverter type generator. I supplemented my 15 year old Troy Bilt with a new Champion 5Kw inverter generator, because I noticed that my fridge wasn't maintaining the temp it was set to using the Troy Bilt. Did a little research and found that smart electronics can sustain damage, and don't always works efficiently unless running on clean power.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To annoy a liberal, tell him the truth.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I've posted pictures of our PTO 20,000KW generator in the rural section. When you need one they are life savers.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2012
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I've posted pictures of our PTO 20,000KW generator in the rural section. When you need one they are life savers. Are PTO generators very expensive[relative to regular gas]?
FJB & FJT
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I bought ours in April of 1975. It was about $1200 then.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
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When Katrina hit I figured out that fuel was harder to come by than generators. If I had my druthers I’d have a big propane generator plumbed into my 150 gallon tank. I don’t lose electricity enough to justify it though so I make do with a smaller gas one. I have a 12V fuel transfer pump so I can pump gas out of my boat if needed, that’s 60 gallons sitting there.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I bought ours in April of 1975. It was about $1200 then. Not cheap....thanks
FJB & FJT
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