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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:29:00 -0400, "Michael Willems"
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Last I knew, propane-powered generators still used carburetors. (This may

What makes gasoline-powered generators such a PITA is the fact that
they have a float bowl from whence gasoline is drawn up by vacuum
pressure, rather than having a simple jet where already-pressurized
propane can be fed into the carburetor. The float bowl and associated
jet immersed in said float bowl is the primary culprit in reliability
problems caused by old fuel oxidizing into varnish. Propane does away
with that problem. In addition, propane burns more cleanly than
gasoline, making the oil last longer.

have changed in the last decade). Propane-powered generators may need more
than 1.5 times the rated steady-state KW of a generator powered by a
diesel or other fuel-injected engine to have the same resistance to voltage
sags from the start-up of heavy loads like refrigerators, AC, heaters and
so on. These sags can cause your electronic gear to reset.

Propane-powered generators are also a helluva lot cheaper than diesel,
though. If you don't expect to run electronic gear during an outage,
that may be a major factor in choosing propane over diesel.

--
Eric Lee Green


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