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1. diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:42:11 -0800; As you might have seen on the news (or experienced, for our PNW folks) we had a nasty windstorm last week and pretty much the entire Puget Sound area went black. I live out in the boonies and have a; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00054.html (8,435 bytes)
2. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:54:24 -0800; Oh, and BTW I have considered PTO generators, and decided not to go that route. The little Mitsubishi is only 16 hp and won't run that big a generator. The big New Holland is a 30 hp and would be big; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00055.html (7,096 bytes)
3. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:32:10 -0500; Dave, Do you have gas service out there? Have you thought about going to a propane fired generator? Many places have city supplied gas or propane delivery trucks. The best part about these is you do; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00060.html (8,454 bytes)
4. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:07:09 +0000; I'm considering the same question on the other end of the country. I'll probably end up with a diesel generator for the same reasons dave mentioned. the reason I probably won't get a propane set (no; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00067.html (9,905 bytes)
5. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: Peter Murray <pete@partnercomm.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:18:46 -0500 (EST); I'm considering a diesel genset for here in Virginia - not that the power goes out all that often, but there are a ton of trees around here, and the ice can get nasty. I already have a 550 gallon hea; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00070.html (8,494 bytes)
6. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:14:00 -0800; I have given that option some thought as well. I don't have natural gas, but I do have two propane tanks, one for the house, and a smaller one for the shop. I thought about hooking up an LP gas power; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00072.html (8,743 bytes)
7. RE: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:39:04 -0800; Do you have gas service out there? Have you thought about going to a I'm south of Seattle and borrowed a gasoline fired 8000 Watt generator, but will be buying my own soon. We have natural gas at our; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00076.html (7,840 bytes)
8. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:34:36 -0800; I chose propane because I don't expect to be using the generator more than a dozen hours per year, barring an extremely long storm, and propane stores better than diesel. The water heater and cooksto; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00078.html (7,914 bytes)
9. RE: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:46:21 -0800; Depending on how manual is acceptable, the simplest design is probably to put the whole house on a single transfer switch, and then manually turn off everything you don't want to run from your gense; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00079.html (8,314 bytes)
10. RE: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:47:16 -0800; generator, too, and I was using at least a gallon an hour, maybe a little more, and putting at least a five gallon gas can in the tank every day. Even with 20 gallons laying around that's a lot of ga; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00080.html (9,615 bytes)
11. RE: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:47:58 -0800; There is an additive to prevent that ... Randall; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00081.html (7,459 bytes)
12. Re: diesel generators (score: 1): Author: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:10:08 -0800; My friends' strange things apparently ate up those additives :-) Sorry, I don't have any personal direct experience with storing diesel long term. -Roland; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00082.html (7,585 bytes)

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