Posted by harry on August 4, 2009, 6:20 pm
> I've got a little gennie that, hopefully, won't get much use.
> But the thought has occurred to me that in a prolonged outage
> gasoline might not be the most convenient fuel to obtain.
> I've heard people who have been through the aftermaths of
> hurricanes use the phrase "feeding the beast".
> We've got natural gas piped right in to our house/furnace.
> I'm wondering if anybody has experience with enhancing their
> home's natural gas piping to accommodate a tri-fuel-converted
> generator.
> I'm mainlining a pipe under the lawn and some sort of outlet
> rising up near a tree or in the garden shed where the generator
> can be attached sort of like hooking up an outdoor barbecue to an
> LPG tank.
> Anybody been here?
> --
> PeteCresswell
As others have said yiou might find the gas pressure too low. I've
seen a set that had a supercharger fitted to get over the problem.
BTW the crankcase oil might look clean but still needs to be changed
at the ame intervals. It still loses it's properties.
Posted by Jim on August 11, 2009, 9:44 pm
I'm running a Honda 3 Kw with the same gas line I use for
my barbecue pit, works great. I think the same line should
be able to power one twice as big, no problem.
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>I've got a little gennie that, hopefully, won't get much use.
>But the thought has occurred to me that in a prolonged outage
>gasoline might not be the most convenient fuel to obtain.
>I've heard people who have been through the aftermaths of
>hurricanes use the phrase "feeding the beast".
>We've got natural gas piped right in to our house/furnace.
>I'm wondering if anybody has experience with enhancing their
>home's natural gas piping to accommodate a tri-fuel-converted
>generator.
>I'm mainlining a pipe under the lawn and some sort of outlet
>rising up near a tree or in the garden shed where the generator
>can be attached sort of like hooking up an outdoor barbecue to an
>LPG tank.
>Anybody been here?
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> But the thought has occurred to me that in a prolonged outage
> gasoline might not be the most convenient fuel to obtain.
> I've heard people who have been through the aftermaths of
> hurricanes use the phrase "feeding the beast".
> We've got natural gas piped right in to our house/furnace.
> I'm wondering if anybody has experience with enhancing their
> home's natural gas piping to accommodate a tri-fuel-converted
> generator.
> I'm mainlining a pipe under the lawn and some sort of outlet
> rising up near a tree or in the garden shed where the generator
> can be attached sort of like hooking up an outdoor barbecue to an
> LPG tank.
> Anybody been here?
> --
> PeteCresswell