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Posted by Lee on July 6, 2008, 11:43 am
A friend has a backup generator that runs off of natural gas, and I
always thought it would be nice to get one when I got a new house. Fast
forward - I have a new (old) house, but it heats by oil and there is no
gas nearby.
The power has gone out several times this summer, so now I'm wondering
what the options are. Are there any generators that use oil? I know
there are propane generators, but was thinking it would be nice not to
worry about another tank and delivery schedule.
Any recommendations? I need something *simple* to use. So far the
outages have lasted around 6 hours. They are annoying in the summer, but
I'm a little concerned about more occurring in the winter.
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Posted by Claude Hopper on July 6, 2008, 12:09 pm
Lee wrote:
>
> A friend has a backup generator that runs off of natural gas, and I
> always thought it would be nice to get one when I got a new house. Fast
> forward - I have a new (old) house, but it heats by oil and there is no
> gas nearby.
>
> The power has gone out several times this summer, so now I'm wondering
> what the options are. Are there any generators that use oil? I know
> there are propane generators, but was thinking it would be nice not to
> worry about another tank and delivery schedule.
>
> Any recommendations? I need something *simple* to use. So far the
> outages have lasted around 6 hours. They are annoying in the summer, but
> I'm a little concerned about more occurring in the winter.
Get a diesel generator, they run fine on fuel oil.
--
Claude Hopper ? 3 :) 7/8
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Posted by Chris on July 6, 2008, 1:13 pm
Lee wrote:
>
> A friend has a backup generator that runs off of natural gas, and I
> always thought it would be nice to get one when I got a new house. Fast
> forward - I have a new (old) house, but it heats by oil and there is no
> gas nearby.
>
> The power has gone out several times this summer, so now I'm wondering
> what the options are. Are there any generators that use oil? I know
> there are propane generators, but was thinking it would be nice not to
> worry about another tank and delivery schedule.
>
> Any recommendations? I need something *simple* to use. So far the
> outages have lasted around 6 hours. They are annoying in the summer, but
> I'm a little concerned about more occurring in the winter.
I don't know about oil, but a propane fueled generator could work for you.
http://www.generac.com/Products/Information/FAQ.aspx
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Posted by Pete C. on July 6, 2008, 1:39 pm
Lee wrote:
>
> A friend has a backup generator that runs off of natural gas, and I
> always thought it would be nice to get one when I got a new house. Fast
> forward - I have a new (old) house, but it heats by oil and there is no
> gas nearby.
>
> The power has gone out several times this summer, so now I'm wondering
> what the options are. Are there any generators that use oil? I know
> there are propane generators, but was thinking it would be nice not to
> worry about another tank and delivery schedule.
>
> Any recommendations? I need something *simple* to use. So far the
> outages have lasted around 6 hours. They are annoying in the summer, but
> I'm a little concerned about more occurring in the winter.
A diesel generator will run off your #2 heating oil just fine. #2
heating oil and #2 diesel fuel are essentially the same other than
transportation fuel taxes. #2 heating oil is also known as "off road
diesel" and is commonly used in off road construction and logging
equipment that is exempt from transportation fuel taxes.
With your 275-300 gal fuel tank, you will have several days of fuel
supply for both heating and generator, just remember to call for an
extra delivery to top off after a long generator run.
The major suppliers all have small diesel standby generator packages,
they just don't promote them like the little NG units they sale in Depot
and Lowe's. Find your local Generac/Guardian, Onan or Kohler dealer and
have them quote you on a suitably sized (10-15KW typically) diesel
standby package.
The diesel units will cost noticeably more than the cheap NG units in
the stores, but they also have a lot longer service life.
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Posted by RBM on July 6, 2008, 1:40 pm
>
> A friend has a backup generator that runs off of natural gas, and I always
> thought it would be nice to get one when I got a new house. Fast forward -
> I have a new (old) house, but it heats by oil and there is no gas nearby.
>
> The power has gone out several times this summer, so now I'm wondering
> what the options are. Are there any generators that use oil? I know there
> are propane generators, but was thinking it would be nice not to worry
> about another tank and delivery schedule.
>
> Any recommendations? I need something *simple* to use. So far the outages
> have lasted around 6 hours. They are annoying in the summer, but I'm a
> little concerned about more occurring in the winter.
It won't be as cheap as a NG/LP generator, but a diesel generator will run
fine on heating oil, runs at half the RPM's of a gas generator, and will
last much longer
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