Posted on 10/31/2012 4:08:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk
This will certainly become a case study for prepping. Not many people can just buy land out in the country where they can grow their own food. They are in the city because that is where they work. This is the more relistic prepping scenario.
Propane is even better. Tanks can be buried, no transfer or pumping required, and you can also run your propane furnace, gas logs, stove, etc off it if need be.
Plus propane absolutely does not degrade, diesel will grow stuff if not treated at regular intervals, and propane isn’t prone to picking up water.
Yep, stocked with that, too. 100 gal LPG tank outside house for water heater/fireplace and many small tanks, but hard to keep track of all the hose adapters and things over the years.
The one time I had to make an adapter was when the big tank ran out LOL and I had to run the house off small tanks. My truck is equipped with all this stuff also.
As far as the diesel, I do have a spare water-removing-filter for the truck and an almost unused one in it. I know you can use a bactricide on the diesel but then it tends to clog up the filters. But I guess that is better than plugging up the injectors?
I’m not going to try to post anymore tonight. Too many timeouts.
Saw an interview with a guy in NYC and he whined there was no ice and he had perishables that would go bad quickly without it.
Now, if that exchange had happened in FL, the networks would have been all over it and how BUSH let those people done.
Waiting to see what happens over the next few days ...
Thanks , Hank Hill. Lol
I’d pay extra for a natural gas generator hooked up to my natural gas lines here at my house.
I’d pay extra for a natural gas generator hooked up to my natural gas lines here at my house.
Funny you should mention the epa just wait until the regulations come out against rebuilding in storm damaged areas
Funny you should mention the epa just wait until the regulations come out against rebuilding in storm damaged areas
Roger that.
I have a 100 gallon propane tank for my 15KW generator. That usually lasts for 48 hours.
Power outages with Irene and the "halloween snow" of 2011 were just under 48 hours.
Only 5 hours 15 minutes with Sandy.
That's what I did. $1600 for a ChiCom 6.5 KW.
Lost power for 6 days after Irene. It sucked. Luckily I'd filled a barrel with water for the toilets. Without it we'd have had to move in with family that had juice.
This storm the power blipped a few times but held on. I can hear generators across the valley that had power last time but drew the short straw during this storm.
I feel a lot better with 55 gal. of diesel for longevity and safety.
You should be able to have a nat gas line set up for a genset. Many commercial building emergency generators are done this way, and it isn’t unusual to have an outdoor grill tied into the gas line, so a genset, small or large would be no different.
Local code may not allow, but.......
As I posted yesterday when people thought Obama would ride in like a knight on a white horse and everybody would adore him and he’d win votes for handling the situation well.
I’m a veteran many storms (60 year old native Floridian) and know that it only takes a day or two for people to start complaining and become disgruntled with the situation and the blame starts to fly and it’s usually directed at the government.
Yes it is possible to have a generator that runs on natural gas, We considered it after our electricity was off for over 2 weeks after hurricane Ike 4 years ago. We may do it before next hurricane season. That would be so much better than gasoline or diesel.
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