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Ralph Mowery

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The larger diesel generators seem to be a lot more econimical to run
from what I have heard.

Diesels are great if you have a big tank of it on site. If the
stations are closed, you aren't getting diesel either.

Good thing about the diesel is the fuel last a very long time in
storage. I hear it is good for years. May need some alge treatment ?

Where I am at the power seldom goes out and if it does it has not been
out very long. Maybe 2 days at the most.

If I lived in some areas where it goes out frequently I would look into
the diesel. There is no natural gas line near here. I don't have any
equipment that uses diesel fuel, but if I lived on a farm that did where
the fuel could be rotated out it would be good too. Using gas for the
gen , the stored gas gets rotated out very often as I use it in the
mower to mow about an acre and a half.
It does sit from about this time of the year to around March, but it is
the ethanol free. I could always use it in the car if it stayed around
too long.