looking for a generator
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:56 pm
We lost power for 36 hours, from about 4pm on Thursday to about 4am on Saturday.
So the wife in on board with getting a generator.
It looks like I can run everything but the A/C on 4kW. The furnace, oven,stove, hot water heater and dryer are all natural gas. The big thing is the fridge, but that shouldn't be more than 2kW, I think.
Looking on craigslist there are a lot of options.
We're in south Dallas, we've got natural gas piped to the house, we've got a little over an acre, and we back up to the Greater Trinity Forest, so it's pretty quiet and secluded.
The first one I looked at is an older Onan from an RV. Onan 4.0 kw CCK Generator It's supposed to be pretty quiet, and last forever. It's $400.
I think to run the A/C we need 10kW, and there are two trailer mounted 10kW generators for sale right now,
one that runs off of diesel, 10 kw Diesel Generator and Trailer
and one that runs off of propane, 10K Kohler Generator
I kinda like the idea of the trailer mounted ones, as then I can use them along with my welder and weld stuff outside the shop. Or out at the farm.
Can I convert the propane one to take natural gas, and then reverse that when I need it to be mobile?
Anyone have any experience with any of these and can offer some advice? Or offer advice anyway ? Anything I should look for, aside from firing it up, make sure it runs, and check the output with a multimeter?
Thanks!
So the wife in on board with getting a generator.
It looks like I can run everything but the A/C on 4kW. The furnace, oven,stove, hot water heater and dryer are all natural gas. The big thing is the fridge, but that shouldn't be more than 2kW, I think.
Looking on craigslist there are a lot of options.
We're in south Dallas, we've got natural gas piped to the house, we've got a little over an acre, and we back up to the Greater Trinity Forest, so it's pretty quiet and secluded.
The first one I looked at is an older Onan from an RV. Onan 4.0 kw CCK Generator It's supposed to be pretty quiet, and last forever. It's $400.
I think to run the A/C we need 10kW, and there are two trailer mounted 10kW generators for sale right now,
one that runs off of diesel, 10 kw Diesel Generator and Trailer
and one that runs off of propane, 10K Kohler Generator
I kinda like the idea of the trailer mounted ones, as then I can use them along with my welder and weld stuff outside the shop. Or out at the farm.
Can I convert the propane one to take natural gas, and then reverse that when I need it to be mobile?
Anyone have any experience with any of these and can offer some advice? Or offer advice anyway ? Anything I should look for, aside from firing it up, make sure it runs, and check the output with a multimeter?
Thanks!