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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Big?
I know a guy who bought a 100K generator and has 5,000 gallons of propane in his back yard.
Wish I could afford that, but I would cry when the bill came in after running it for a couple of weeks. Could be close to $10,000 to refuel.
TR
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100k!??? What the heck was he powering, a small fortress? My generator is only 14k and I only really need 6K at peak load.
But yes, I should have said "big by the standards of my neighborhood" where most everybody except those who heat exclusively with propane only have 100 gallon tanks. I would have much rather had a 500 gallon tank, but funds did not allow for it.
The way I figure it, a 300 gallon tank will allow me to keep food cold for about two weeks even when only half full (won't bore you will all the fuel consumption and run time calculations I did, but I can only make it two weeks on half a tank if I don't allow it to run constantly). If the power is out for more than two weeks, I have a lot bigger problems then power and will have to move to no power life style just to avoid being targeted as the only man with power if nothing else.
On a side note, people who think they might have to run the generator for an extended period of time had better stock up on enough oil and a spare oil filter or two.