On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:54:16 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/15/2018 2:11 PM, wrote:

You might run a couple days on a 20# propane bottle if that is true.
This may be an interesting conversion for you.
http://www.uscarburetion.com/eu2000i_kits.htm

There are different regulators for running off a portable bottle, a
big tank or a natural gas line but those folks are pretty good about
selling you just what you need.



That's an interesting idea. I have one reservation though. The eu2000i
is only rated for 1600 watts (continuous) and 2000 watts "surge". Those
are ratings for gasoline. I suspect that running on propane would lower
those ratings. True?

I certainly could not see that on my 5.5kw Briggs. I handled 5.3kw (my
oven) on both gasoline and propane with virtually no difference.

http://gfretwell.com/Propaneproject/Ongasoline.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/Propaneproject/Onpropane.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/Propaneproject/Waveform.jpg

The energy penalty comes in fuel burn, not performance from what I
see. I burn about 1.6x the amount of propane, compared to gasoline so
the laws of thermodynamics are satisfied.