On 7/30/12 11:03 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:55:38 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

Any of you who have ever depended on a small home generator during an
extended power outage will appreciate the fact that gasoline can
become difficult to obtain. This is further compounded by the
problems of storing ethanol gas for any length of time. After
hurricane Charlie here in SW Florida my neighbor and I took turns
driving 50 miles round trip every night for over a week to buy
generator gas.

I just found a web site selling propane and natural gas conversion
kits for small gasoline generators if anyone is interested. I have
no personal interest (or experience) with their products.

http://www.propane-generators.com/

I have a kit on my 5.5kw generator.
We really have not had a power outage since I bought it, a few years
ago so I am not sure how well it works.
The lights blink now and then but I have so much UPS powered equipment
I hardly notice. The other night the lights went out but the TV, sat
box, DVR, and the computer I was typing on were still humming away.
The only thing that went off was the lamp behind my chair.



I don't feel as if I got my money's worth if we don't have a few
long-lasting power outages a year. A few days, ok...a week or more,
fantastic. (No, not really, because I know many folks really suffer
during these outages, but I surely do enjoy hearing the genny start up
automatically and the stuff we need to be "on"...on.

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