Posted by vaughn on June 13, 2010, 6:13 pm
> My generators are 4 pole IE 1500 RPM (50 cycle) in America that would be 1800
> RPM (60 Cycle) and I certainly would stick to 4 pole units not the higher
> speed units 2 pole units (3000/3600 RPM) as everything I have read indicates
> they last longer.
> Hope this is some help
It is amazing how close we have dome to arriving at many of the same
conclusions. Like you. I live in hurricane country and also have plan to
sacrifice my big AC in favor of a room AC unit that can be driven by a
correspondingly smaller generator. I also have done the math on the potential
fuel cost of a long power failure, and have figured out the need for less fuel
consumption. Like you, I avoid liquid fuels. My "big" generator runs from
either natural gas or stored propane. I have a gasoline Honda EU2000 as a
"second backup" and as an economical generator to use when power demand is low.
Vaughn
Posted by RamRod Sword of Baal on June 15, 2010, 3:09 pm
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>> My generators are 4 pole IE 1500 RPM (50 cycle) in America that would be
>> 1800 RPM (60 Cycle) and I certainly would stick to 4 pole units not the
>> higher speed units 2 pole units (3000/3600 RPM) as everything I have
>> read indicates they last longer.
>>
>> Hope this is some help
> It is amazing how close we have dome to arriving at many of the same
> conclusions. Like you. I live in hurricane country and also have plan to
> sacrifice my big AC in favor of a room AC unit that can be driven by a
> correspondingly smaller generator. I also have done the math on the
> potential fuel cost of a long power failure, and have figured out the need
> for less fuel consumption. Like you, I avoid liquid fuels. My "big"
> generator runs from either natural gas or stored propane. I have a
> gasoline Honda EU2000 as a "second backup" and as an economical generator
> to use when power demand is low.
> Vaughn
It has cost me a fair bit of money to come to these conclusions.
The idea of a gen set to run everything is great in theory, but once one has
actually done it one can see the flaws.
> RPM (60 Cycle) and I certainly would stick to 4 pole units not the higher
> speed units 2 pole units (3000/3600 RPM) as everything I have read indicates
> they last longer.
> Hope this is some help