Propane and NG run at widely different pressures. And have different
energy contents. I don't doubt that many generators have multi fuel
ability, but you may need to change an orifice or make other
adjustments to switch fuels.

A local propane tank for the generator sounds like an excellent idea.

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"Pete C." wrote in message
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HeyBub wrote:

If you have natural gas service, get a gas-powered generator. You
NEVER lose
gas during (most) emergencies [maybe during an earthquake?]. With
gas, you
won't run out of fuel and the fuel won't go all gamey on you.


An earthquake or a flood are both likely to take out your NG service.
You may be on a hill out of the flood, but if your feed runs through
an
area that's under water there is a good chance it will be turned off.
There are other causes of NG outages, but they usually don't align
with
electrical outages.

As for fuel getting "gamey", that is simply not a concern if you are
capable of a small amount of maintenance.

Gasoline will readily store just fine for over a year with an additive
like Stabil. Store in 5 gal cans and rotate them out into your car
annually and refill and they'll be just fine.

Diesel will keep even longer if you use diesel Stabil and you can
rotate
into your diesel car or truck the same way. If you heat with oil, you
already have a 275 gal + on site fuel supply that a diesel generator
will be 100% happy with and you'll have no fuel rotation issues at
all.
Remember that "home heating oil" is also called "off road diesel" and
is
what most construction equipment is run on since it's cheaper due to
the
lack of transportation fuel taxes.

If you heat with propane and have a big "hot dog" tank, and LP
generator
will do nicely and again no fuel rotation or outage issues.

NG is really the only fuel you can't readily store in a useable
quantity. If you have NG service and get gasseous fueled generator,
you
can get a big "hot dog" type LP tank as backup since the generator can
readily run on either fuel.

Pete C.