I just put a 15 KW unit here for my home and it is on natural gas.
It does a great job as it can run our AC and two frigs and a freezer.
Also it supplies enough power for electric sove cooking, furnace when
necessary plus my ham station witha KW amp.
In other words, it does a great job!
If you have any questions, just ask!
Best 73.
Lowell W8QIY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Chao" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter
East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
> Wow, quite a setup, especially at TSE.
>
> I'm considering getting a permanent standby generator installed at my
> house, probably 10 or 12k. Any recommendations? Will be running off
> natural gas. Need to be able to run central AC and heating, stove,
> FIOS and alarm system. Also want to run the TV and fridge.--Matt, N1IBB
>
> At 01:34 PM 11/14/2012, you wrote:
>>All,
>>Sorry about the delay answering. I'll try to reply to all the questions
>>in
>>one message.
>>
>>First, my generator is a 4KW model, a Sportsman GEN4000LP. It was
>>available
>>in a Labor Day Home Depot sale, internet only. UPS delivered it right to
>>my
>>door.
>>
>>Second, a 20 pound propane tank will run it for about 10 hours. As I ran
>>mine for about 8 hours a day, I got a little over a day from each tank. I
>>have several tanks.
>>
>>Yes, it has to be located outside and you have to run extension cords into
>>the house through the door or window. I ran it on the patio outside my
>>kitchen door.
>>
>>As was pointed out in other messages, 4KW will not run the whole house. I
>>ran the heat and sump pumps as the priority but did turn them off and then
>>run the refrigerator too. I have FIOS telephone/internet service and that
>>fiber service requires power at home. The home fiber interface box has a
>>jell cell battery for short power outages but that only lasts 6 or 8
>>hours.
>>So, the generator also powered the phone/internet and my Wi-Fi router.
>>One
>>of the advantages of being blind with a blind XYL is that you don't need
>>to
>>expend Watts on lighting and can allocate the whole power budget to heat,
>>refrigeration, and communications. We used a battery lantern to give our
>>dogs some light when needed.
>>
>>As for here at The Seeing Eye, we have three large diesel generators, two
>>for the main campus and one for the breeding station. These are really
>>large, 12 cylinder machines and they can power everything on the two
>>campuses. We did have some uncertainty about fuel delivery but worked
>>through that. We scheduled intentional blackouts at the breeding station
>>to
>>conserve fuel and two litters were born on consecutive nights by
>>flashlights
>>while we had the generator powered off.
>>
>>The current class of students continued training with their new dogs
>>without
>>interruption except for the actual day of the storm. They all completed
>>training and are going home on schedule.
>>
>>73,
>>Jim, KY2D
>>
>
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