Comparison Home Stand By Generators

[Threepoint]

Those prices make me cringe too cause they are outrageous. My manual says 1.2 gph at 1/2 load and 1.8 at full load sure is far away from the 7gph-11gph. Like I said I will find out for sure when I get a long black out.

Sounds like you're getting a nice unit that you'll be very happy with. :thumbsup:

 

[hr3]

Lets do a different type of math here,, I'll price up a 8kw Isuzu unit from CMD,,
1 Unit alone $6,600
2 Building to put it in "because it doesn't come with an enclosure " $2,000
3 Thru wall adapter $69
4 2 wire start "needed for the auto transfer switch" $425
5 Auto transfer switch $1295
6 19 gal. fuel tank.. "kinda small if you ask me" $375
7 Mis. parts and pieces " batt charger,, block heater,, exhaust piping " $200 or so

Lets see where are we,, Oooo about $10,700

I can buy a propane unit with all that for about $2,500 or maybe 2 of them because it's going to fail way before the diesel unit fails.. Ooo but I have a 4year warrantee.. Lets see what did they have,, 1 year,, sorry.. and anyway that leaves me with $5,000. left over to buy fuel.. lol

All in fun..:dance1:

 

[nc redneck]

I have a 18 kw whole house, wish I had bought a 25 kw. 1000 gal tank of propane I own and 500 leased. I fill up once a year around July. I believe if needed it would run for 3 weeks if early in the year. If I need it longer than that I will move out of state and come back when things are better. With well water only I don't really care what it costs.
Good Luck

 

[3930dave]

This thread really has me scratching my head. Not about the tech data, but the human factors.

Unless it's somebody I know personally (meaning, in the real world) and they're depriving their kids of food/shelter/clothing, I have zero time to get spun-up about how other people spend their money.

There's some data here (why I've stopped by a few times), but also tinges of the Conventional vs. Synthetic Oil and Gas vs. Diesel Pickups diatribes that get rolling in other threads.

Also some humour, not all of it intended. (I'm only using a blunt stick 3PT, so please don't take offence.... but your comment about someone's excessive spending, typed while sitting in a 10,000 sq ft house seems a bit ironic).

People have different spending priorities . Accept that, and life will get better. :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.

 

[MossRoad]

Those prices make me cringe too cause they are outrageous. My manual says 1.2 gph at 1/2 load and 1.8 at full load sure is far away from the 7gph-11gph. Like I said I will find out for sure when I get a long black out.

Yeah, my eyeballs popped on that too, that's why I had to ask. LP power was outrageous at the consumption rate listed in those specs.

 

[MossRoad]

Hi Moss,

I don't have a large generator, just a little 5 kw, but it powers the circuits we need, e.g., sump pump, well, furnace, frig, etc. During the ice storm earlier this year, we ran the generator 24/7 for about 4 days. 5 gallons of gasoline lasted approximately 10 hours, or .5 gallons/hour. At today's prices, that's .5 x $3.00 = $1.50/hour.

$1.50 x 7 days x 24 hours/day = $252.00/week.

Thanks. :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

I'm not buying your consumption numbers or price for NG or LP. A gen set may run 12-72 hrs a year under load so the "diesel" savings will never break even with the higher price of the diesel generator. As for cold weather starting. A LP or NG will roar to life while the cold diesel just makes bad sounds as the battery dies. Have you figured the price of block heater power all winter ?

Well I'm not selling them, so you're all good there.

 

[MossRoad]

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I see you did the math,,hmm 7gph Who out there is running a 50kw gen set at full bore ????

Go back and re-read that post.... That 7gph is for a 20KW at 1/2 throttle using propane.

 

[MossRoad]

I have a 18 kw whole house, wish I had bought a 25 kw. 1000 gal tank of propane I own and 500 leased. I fill up once a year around July. I believe if needed it would run for 3 weeks if early in the year. If I need it longer than that I will move out of state and come back when things are better. With well water only I don't really care what it costs.
Good Luck

1500 gallons of propane at $2.50 per gallon = $3700 for fuel for three weeks and you don't care what it costs?

 

[Sodo]

When the power goes out I get a little generator running, get the cord out ready for the sump pump. I give the freezer a hotshot twice a day, then the refrigerator too, and charge laptop & phone batteries whenever the generator's running. My girls run around and scrounge up all the candles in the house and set them around. They make me a cup of tea and ask for a fire in the woodstove. We dig out our books. It's a special time; actually look forward to it.

Luckily we don't have power out for more than a few hours. Very seldom more than a couple days. Aside from the last outage, (my generator had a little problem starting...) , it sounds like we have it pretty easy.