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Old 12-27-2017, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by dbussone View Post
And you are assuming they run on gasoline. Mine runs off a very large propane tank buried under ground; others run on natural gas.


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We had a generac before we moved to The Villages. It ran on propane, with a 100 gallon tank. We had a number of storms that left the generator running full time for 4 to 6 days straight without a refill. After the storm it was still about 1/3 full.

It hard to value the comfort of going through a multi-day power outage with a generator until you've done it....

Been there, done that with both gas and diesel generators before we had the Generac. They are a real pain to keep operational and keep running. Better than no generator though...