Narural Gas Portable Generator

 

I am searching for a natural gas 14+ KW generator on wheels for
back-up power to my house. Does anyone know where I can find one or if
one is even available?

 



     That is a REALLY big generator to be portable!

     12 KW won't do?
http://www.yamaha-propane-natural-gas-generators.com/ef12000dec.htm   This is
about the biggest NG portable generator I know of.

     If you REALLY need 15 KW, then you will probably end up buying something
like a Kohler 15RESL (Or the Onan equiv.) and putting it on your own trailer.  I
don't know what a flexible gas hookup for a rig like that would look like.
http://www.kohlerpower.com/residential/detail.htm?sectionNumber 561&categoryNumber061&prodnumQ761

     Understand that a generator that big will be seriously expensive to
operate.  We are talking about a gas bill in the low thousands of $ per month if
ran 24/7.  It is possible that you will need a larger gas hookup to your house
to supply the volume of gas that you will need for such a large generator, plus
the normal gas flow for your house.  That may not be cheap.

     My household gets by with only 4 KW ( no heavy cooking, no central air).  I
have calculated that even that little genny could burn 6 to 800 hundred dollars
of natural gas per month if ran 24/7.  (We figure we can get by on 8 hours per
day)

Vaughn

 

12 KW might be OK. I had no idea they were so expensive to run, but
since it will just be for an emergency, the cost is not a primary
issue.

Thanks for the URL.

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:34:51 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"

|
|>I am searching for a natural gas 14+ KW generator on wheels for
|> back-up power to my house. Does anyone know where I can find one or if
|> one is even available?
|
|     That is a REALLY big generator to be portable!
|
|     12 KW won't do?
|http://www.yamaha-propane-natural-gas-generators.com/ef12000dec.htm   This is
|about the biggest NG portable generator I know of.
|
|     If you REALLY need 15 KW, then you will probably end up buying something
|like a Kohler 15RESL (Or the Onan equiv.) and putting it on your own trailer.
I
|don't know what a flexible gas hookup for a rig like that would look like.
|http://www.kohlerpower.com/residential/detail.htm?sectionNumber 561&categoryNumber061&prodnumQ761
|
|     Understand that a generator that big will be seriously expensive to
|operate.  We are talking about a gas bill in the low thousands of $ per month
if
|ran 24/7.  It is possible that you will need a larger gas hookup to your house
|to supply the volume of gas that you will need for such a large generator, plus
|the normal gas flow for your house.  That may not be cheap.
|
|     My household gets by with only 4 KW ( no heavy cooking, no central air).
I
|have calculated that even that little genny could burn 6 to 800 hundred dollars
|of natural gas per month if ran 24/7.  (We figure we can get by on 8 hours per
|day)
|
|Vaughn
|
|
|
|
|
|

 

On Jul 7, 11:40 am, #davidb1...@sbcglobal.net (DavidB) wrote:

If you can "get by" with less peak load, then here are a couple of
other alternatives:

http://www.centralmainediesel.com/order/H11000E5.asp?page=H11000E5

http://01856bc.netsolhost.com/order/1019_tri_fuel.asp?page 19_tri_fuel

We use a model similar to the second one, but only run at about 5kw
continuous.
We have gotten over 1300 hours so far and it seems to run fine.
You need to check the and adjust valves every 250 hours or so (sooner
if you get hard starting).
We run propane which gives a bit more power than NG.

Costs will vary with your price for NG.

You might consider 2 of the second models.
If you can divide your load, then this would meet your total power
needs and give you a bit of redundancy.

These units will be noisy.
But, that may be ok in a backup mode.
Tri-fuel gives you good flexibility.

You might also consider a 250 gallon propane tank for backup fuel - in
case the NG gets shut off.

250 gal might last you 10 days.


If you can get by without portability, there are other options.

Be sure you understand and deal with the wiring and transfer switch
issues that apply to you.



Best.
Phil

 

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:40:39 GMT, #davidb105#@sbcglobal.net (DavidB) wrote:


You should be able to do with far less in temporary emergency situations.
We were without commercial power for over a week after an ice storm here
in January, and got by quite comfortably with a 5500 watt generator running
some lights, the refrigerator, pellet stove, and television.  Even that
fairly light load took about 10 gallons of gasoline every 24 hours to keep
the generator going.

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