Funny we are talking gensets again, In the for sale section I have a 12,000 continuous, 14400 surge set for sale. Over the years (33 to be exact) we learned to get use to using gas gensets,, We lose power here very frequently. This last stint was a few hours over 10 days straight,, Very common, at least once a month and sometimes more, 18 hour losses are the norm,, Anyway, several of the big shots resigned from CT light and power after this last stint,, One would think, new england area, first in the nation of USA and shouldn't be a problem,,, well it is. Anyway, our two neighbors have propane powered generac sets,, I won't post how much it really cost them because undoubtedly it will start a flame war here,, They used a minimum of 100 gallons every 3 days or less,, One neighbor we finally convinced to run it at needed and not 24/7 burning up the fuel. We used 6 gallons a day of 93 octane gas costing 26,-28 dollars per day. As a past deputy fire chief I've learned a lot, When roads are shut down for lengthy periods and one can't get out, what do you do when that 100 gallon propane tank runs dry? Almost everyone to a "T" uses 1 or 2, 100 gall tanks here,, I never looked into it for I had no reason to, but maybe 100 tanks are all that is allowed, ALthough I am not positive on this,, I never seen the large "pig" tanks until crossing over into New York state and others.
When weather says large snow storm or like we have had recently, a tornado and hurricane, both doing extensive damage plus 13 inches of extreme heavy snow on Oct 29th, we fill the pick up truck and wife's car with gas. As in the past, when I run out of stored gas, we start siphoning from the vehicles and thus stay in business,, Your not going to do this with propane,, It works well with diesel also as long as you have oil for heat and fairly full tanks,, Just something I've learned over many years and numerous power outages.
