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Most people around here (Pacific Northwest) do propane. No one wants to store large quantities of gasoline on their property.
by phonebanshee 6y ago
Most people around here (Pacific Northwest) do propane. No one wants to store large quantities of gasoline on their property.
- oasisbob 6y agoYup, especially when those tanks of propane work for hot water and cooking too. There's a lot of crossover with RVs, industrial, and even marine when you use propane. The cabin I'm writing this from has a battery bank and a standby generator salvaged from a touring bus.
- ericbarrett 6y agoPropane is quite expensive compared to natural gas, though, especially from a fixed-line utility. Except maybe this weekend!
- jounker 6y agoGas adapters are for propane or natural gas. Gasoline doesn’t require an adapter.
- fencepost 6y agoTo consolidate and clarify a few comments: You can get a non-fixed portable generator modified to run on propane or natural gas fairly inexpensively (the "gas adapter" mentioned above). That can be hooked to either a large fixed propane tank or be used with the smaller tanks often used with gas grills (or be permanently connected to natural gas, but then just get a fixed install generator). Advantages of propane are that it's stable (gasoline and diesel degrade), readily available, you can simply be well-prepared for a heavy grilling season if you don't need to use the generator, and because it's stable and stored you can be somewhat insulated from price swings. There are calculators available to determine appropriate sizes and approximate runtime based on generator size, load, etc. but a simple rule that I saw was that a 3000 watt generator would likely run for 45 minutes to an hour on a 20-25 pound tank depending on load and inverter setup.