We had a Generac that ran on Propane at our house in MA. It was very reliable. Previous to that we had diesel and gas portable generators that ran on diesel or gas.... very messy and not reliable. Small portable generators are not designed to be run for long periods. Where we lived we would have a few outages a year and a really big one, say over 3 days, about once every three years.
The Generac does a test run every week and sends an email to you with the results or you can just look at the check light on it. We had the Generac run of almost a week on a number of occasions because of bad weather outages. When it ran we couldn't hear it and many times didn't realize there was an outage. Outside you could hear it, but not inside. The automatic transfer switch is really a "necessary" luxury.
We thought about putting in a generator here but we've had so few outages it doesn't seem worthwhile... but ask me that again if hurricane puts out the power for a week. :-)
I would definitely go propane over gasoline, less mess and more reliable.
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