Re: Standby Generator Thoughts (warning, kinda lon

Posted by Bill-KCKs on December 06, 2006 at 21:21:37 from (208.54.14.13):

In Reply to: Re: Standby Generator Thoughts (warning, kinda lon posted by Blue3992 on December 06, 2006 at 00:33:29:

Look at the Kohler website. They show the fuel consumption of their various generators. This 8.5kW generator de-rates to 7kW on natural gas. At 100% rated load, the 8.5 kW will consume 8.4 pounds of vapor per hour. A 150-gal bulk tank will last a long time. And LP won't go bad like gasoline would.

Natural gas is OK; it's just that there is a weak link having to depend on an outside source for fuel.

I just found a useful formula.
Tank Size in Gallons X .81756 / Fuel Consumption in m3/hr=hours running time. In the case of this 8.5 generator at 100% load, and a 150-gallon tank it would run for 2.5 days. At 50% load 5 days....

• 8.5 kW Kohler Specs

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