Do you want to buy or sell? Propane generators are not very popular and I'm not sure what a dual fuel is. Here gas and diesel rule. Gas for cheap, diesel for long lasting.
Dual Fuel are generators that can run on gas and propane. I was wondering because I thought since propane is cheaper than gas there would be a market for it. I've shipped dozens of generator/inverters to Puerto Rico this summer. Small ones 800w - 2200wDo you want to buy or sell? Propane generators are not very popular and I'm not sure what a dual fuel is. Here gas and diesel rule. Gas for cheap, diesel for long lasting.
Can you guess how many were gas/propane? Fuel delivery is very different. But then again, I've seen passolas with propane..🤣Dual Fuel are generators that can run on gas and propane. I was wondering because I thought since propane is cheaper than gas there would be a market for it. I've shipped dozens of generator/inverters to Puerto Rico this summer. Small ones 800w - 2200w
Since we are talking about power. I know a MTA Bus driver and he hooked up one of those large bus batteries to a car inverter and hooked it up to a battery charger. Theoretically you should have continuous power, right??Can you guess how many were gas/propane? Fuel delivery is very different. But then again, I've seen passolas with propane..🤣
I'm with you. A couple of 2" x 4" about 8' long butted against the wall and the back of the truck. It would probably slide right down to the wall and then I could pull the truck away for the last 3-4" drop.
I thought about 1" pipes too but I think it would slide too fast.
Or maybe a rope from the roof with a ratchet?
Good questions. That is what the 3 way knife switch is designed to do. It completely disconnects my house from the grid.Did you install an isolation switch so that when running, your generator is not feeding power back into the grid posing a potential risk for anyone working on those lines when you have the generator running? I trust you have a CO detector in or close to that bedroom?
Where are Kolny products made, never heard of them and not much on google?I hope you used a switch by kolny and not the cheap chinese shit.
So, the weak link so far has been the knife switch. It works but I just don't like it. Too flimsy.
I'll probably end up swapping it out for another.
I'd go with an auto-transfer for around $200 but the use I'm giving it just doesn't justify it at this point.
Here's the generator set up and the switch for those of you who are interested.
And by the way, I have a CO detector in the room. It's going up to about 140-150 or so but no alarm with the door closed.
The door also has a seal across the bottom gap to prevent leakage into the rest of the house.
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I sure wouldn't run 600V through that switch..lol
So one stupid question from a guy not from these parts of the world: Could that unit be placed ougtside and a iron cage be built around it? I do that for my houses in the south U.S for the AC units. Cage costs about $200 there. Set on a concrete pad which is a nothing deal and done in a half day. Cage is done by a welder that is probaby dirt cheap here with an access door for maintenance.
It's cheap Chinese. Couldn't you tell? Simple and functional.I hope you used a switch by kolny and not the cheap chinese shit.
Sure could. Like Pich said, being exposed to the elements always deteriorates the metal parts and it would be very easy to steal.So one stupid question from a guy not from these parts of the world: Could that unit be placed ougtside and a iron cage be built around it? I do that for my houses in the south U.S for the AC units. Cage costs about $200 there. Set on a concrete pad which is a nothing deal and done in a half day. Cage is done by a welder that is probaby dirt cheap here with an access door for maintenance.
I would recommend 45 sweep elbow conduits for the exhaust fumes from the unit’s muffler.
On the inside turn and once again on the outside turn. You want to run the exhaust pipe all the way up above the parapet of your wall(if any) or just above the roofline itself. Give it about two or three extra feet before you end it there with a diffuser cover.
You can also automate the entire backup system to your panel. But this would mean adding a secondary breaker box to set up the circuits which will be fed from the back up system.
It’s pretty much the same automatic switch that enables the inverters to cut cut the grid feed to the said secondary breaker box and feed the generator’s instead. In this case the generator is placed instead of a battery bank.
A second automatic switch can power on the circuit on your auto-start gen set and shut it down when power from the grid is detected.
If your generator is air cooled, you want to keep it with lots of air around it.
At one time a friend of mine had adapted a type of supercharger (like a turbo) to his gen set. It kicked the unit higher without wasting more gas.
But it wears down the engine and parts faster too.
This guy was a wiz, because if I recall well, he did semi-submerge his gen set about 1/4 down into a water vat to keep it extra cool for the long runs (he had it for off grid sourcing). He had to water proof the unit well for that. But it worked!
He also modified the carburetor to run the unit on LPG instead of gasoline. The oil consumption was bigger than before. But he could keep it running for long periods, cooler.
He told me this was cheaper than buying a more expensive unit with all bells and whistles included. As he found out they would also start failing after certain usage cycles. For him, it was cheaper to replace these run of the mill units.
Ah, I understand. Yes that type lock is more or less the type I use on a 40 ft container that I store equipment and excess materials in for my work in the states. Anything less the bad guys are interested in knowing what this dude has in that container.LOL. Good luck with that idea.Can be done for sure, but anything you put outside facing the elements on your patio will meet an assured end “Pyle of Rust”.
Also thieves here have the right tools to release those cages if given enough time. Would need to be a concrete box with a fully faced door and a pad lock that will not expose its locking mechanism.