Re: Generator downgrade

Posted by Texasmark on November 05, 2021 at 06:53:25 from (75.106.105.216):

In Reply to: Generator downgrade posted by super99 on November 04, 2021 at 18:11:24:

Yeah. Back in 2014 I sold off my cows and part of the proceeds went to buy a household backup generator....the permanent kind....tired of the gas cans and pulling out the portable, extension cords and all that crap.

I looked at my necessities and decided that I could live comfortably on an 11kw unit......enough power to live comfortably under the circumstances yet low enough to keep fuel consumption down. I chose Generac because the name implies they are solely in the electricity generating business, have sold over 1 million units, and they specifically engineered and built the little V twin that powers that unit especially for the task.

I ordered the unit online and it was drop shipped to the house along with the switch box...decides which power will power the house automatically. Read the directions and installed it with a 250 gallon LP tank...which the local LP dealer sold and installed. Had the electrical COOP come out and ok the installation and away I went. It runs 15 minutes once a week to keep the battery charged and things lubed up. Have had zero problems in all those years. Just change the oil and filter once a year..I use 5w-30 syn. and Fram Gold filters.

I built this house (nail by nail) in 1979 and never had the temp go below +10F. This past winter it went to -4F and stayed there for 4 days and stayed below freezing for tooooooo long. I decided that I wanted more backup so this year I installed a 500 gallon tank and moved the 250 over and connected to the existing 500 gal. for house heating......you already have the 500 gal tank...all you need is a HP (10 psi) regulator at the tank and a low press (11 H2O) at the unit.

So theres one person's success story to help you make up your mind on home power independence.

Replies:

Add a Reply! You must be Logged In to Post Name: E-Mail: Subject: (avoid special characters) Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Optional Video Title: Optional Video Embed: Advanced Posting Options Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks. No political comments, hate speech or bigotry of any kind will be tolerated. Violations will be removed and posting privileges may be permanently revoked without notice.   Advanced Posting Tools   Select Gallery Photo  Attach Serial No List  Return to Post  Upload Photos/Videos Choose Files from your local computer Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo and video filesizes should be less than 5MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]