Rich Grise wrote:

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.........

You don't say where you live. If you're in earthquake country, then
natural gas probably isn't the best route, because if the main ruptures,
you won't have any NG. I can't speak at propane vs. liquid fuel, other
than propane doesn't stink like gasoline or diesel. ;-)

I also don't know which of the three gives the most KWH per dollar of
fuel. )-;

Good Luck!
Rich

Propane *is* a liquid fuel, hence the LP designation. It takes a rather
large LP tank to give you any reasonable on-site fuel supply, a good
deal larger than a comparable supply of diesel or gasoline.

Probably the ideal setup is a larger NG fueled genset, auto start and
transfer, and large enough for normal operation of the house, and a
small (smallest you can find, 5KW or so) diesel portable generator and a
moderate diesel supply in the shed.