On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:37:37 -0800 (PST), Gerry
wrote:

On Dec 18, 11:23*pm, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Gerry wrote:

On Dec 18, 8:57 pm, Laurie Forbes wrote:
Would appreciate any comments, good or bad, on the Generac Guardian
series of stationary propane/nat gas generators (we are looking at the
14 & 17KW sizes).

Thanks for any assistance.........

Laurie Forbes

Before you *commit I suggest you do some number crunching as to what
it will cost to run a nat gas generator for, say a week's power outage
and compare this to what it would cost with a gas or diesel engine. I
did and found that that running my house off my Miller gas welding
machine was a lot cheaper in the long run, plus I had a welding
machine to boot

* *Does your welder autostart & does it have a transfer switch? *Does it
put out enough for a whole house?

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For the last time: *I am not a mad scientist, I'm just a very ticked off
scientist!!!

No autostart and no auto transfer switch. Never felt like it was
needed because just about anyone can hit a start button and run
extension cords. Had neighbors who were real proud of their nat gas
generators during Katrina 9 day outage get real squeamish when they
got their $2k nat gas bills at the end of the month. I was just as
comfortable and used about $200 worth of gasoline. Have not had to use
mine since then but hear theirs crank and run every week for an hour
or so. Their initial investment was about 2.5 times mine. I talked the
the gas company when I was considering a nat gas genset and they told
me that I would also have to run a new gas service because the normal
residential would not be able to feed a 13K genset. Not saying it is
the same everywhere, just repeating what I was told. I'm in south
Louisiana Good luck!

Whoa! Crazy. That's good info to know.

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