Anyone here knowledgeable about portable generators? After our flash flood and power outage scare yesterday we are contemplating getting one. Any particular brands people recommend? Is it necessary to get the type with the capability to produce "clean power" for sensetive electronics.
Portable generators
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honda is the best for potable but you will pay the price for them, then you have gnerac that is a big brand (that is my stand by one i got), i had a portable one that I sold last year that is good: http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-3...tor-RD903600/203183981?N=1z0y3zi#.Ucylzazm74U
you will need some sort of transfer switch installed unless you are just going to run cords, then you need to figure out what size depending on what you want to run. then you need to make sure you have gas cans. when sandy hit here the gas pumps did not work, so that caused issues.
you do want one that does put out a good sign wave, you don't necessarily need an inverter one.
you will need some sort of transfer switch installed unless you are just going to run cords, then you need to figure out what size depending on what you want to run. then you need to make sure you have gas cans. when sandy hit here the gas pumps did not work, so that caused issues.
you do want one that does put out a good sign wave, you don't necessarily need an inverter one.
ha. It would take a massive flood for water to build up to the house. My main concern is dealing with a power outage. We have been here for 15 yrs adn I don't remember the power going out for more than 15 minutes. This time some houses were out for a few hours and the basements flooded. Our's must have been out sporadically which was enough to run the sump pump.
you are going to spend big bucks to get a portable that size and it will use a gallon of gas an hour (that is $84 a day running 24 hours and $3.50 gas), if you are going to go that big then you should get a natural gas standby
you have to add in all your other appliance you want to run, refrigerators, sump pumps, tv, computers, internet, etc. so you are looking at a 10kw
you have to add in all your other appliance you want to run, refrigerators, sump pumps, tv, computers, internet, etc. so you are looking at a 10kw
If you really wan to run everything including AC, a portable may not be a good way to go. My bother in law just bought a 18kw (20 on LP) back up gen set with a 200a transfer switch for about 4300 shipped. The price must have gone up, but it looks like a decent unit for the money. He hasn't hooked it up yet.
http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Briggs-&-Stratton-40346-Standby-Generator/p9365.html
http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Briggs-&-Stratton-40346-Standby-Generator/p9365.html
Lvnmarks
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I was wondering how you started your C130HHere is my portable generator
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It should handle pretty much anything we throw at it. It's kind of funny, the military rates it at 10kW....I put a 20kw load bank on it for about 20 minutes without so much as a hiccup. The rating is really what it is designed to put out 24/7 at 8,000 feet elevation and 120F, once you bring it down to near sea level and cooler temps it will safely put out much more than it's rating. The thing is literally built like a tank. Here is a pic before I put the acoustic suppression kit on. It's a 4 cylinder air cooled onan diesel with a brushless gen head.
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Lvnmarks
quandoomniflunkusmoritati
Why not? Hard to get fuel when the pumps don’t work. I just want it mainly for supplemental power generation for normal use. I still want a back generator.
Solar back feeds into the grid, so when power is out it shuts off or a lineman could get killed repairing a wire.