Portable Home Generator Questions - Page 22

 

wrote:


Many states/locals do require certain key stations to have backup
power. Not all stations, but some.

 

Natural gas is highly dependable in NY. A natural gas
generator makes sense. Or as you say, you can  use your own
gasoline to power the generator.

The answer, in part. Is that the government and the
anti-gouging laws. I've heard that gas stations make nearly
no mark up on fuel. Which is why most of them sell coffee,
candy, beer, etc. Supposing a gas station installs a
generator, and has it wired in. How do they recover the cost
of the generator? Well, the only way I know is to sell
gasoline during a power cut. But, is that actually cost
effective? I doubt it. Even if they have cars lined up, the
once a year or so doesn't provide enough mark up to cover
the generator. Unless they increase the price of gas during
the power cut. But they "aren't allowed" to do that. So, the
stations say never mind, there is no financial reason to do
so.

Requiring them by force of law, to spend money on
generators. Well, that sounds like more big government
telling people to do what's not financially practical. If
there was good financial reason to install generators, they
would have done so already.

I'd rather repeal the price gouging laws, and restore some
of the freedom to the "free market". If they want to install
a generator and charge ten bucks a galon during power cuts,
that's fine with me. Don't want to pay ten bucks a galon?
Fine. Go to some other gas station that's cheaper.

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I have always wondered why states (especially those prone to
hurricanes,
storms, snow storms) do not require that ALL gas stations
have a simple
backup generator so they can pump the gas that is in their
tanks.  And, of
course, once the generator is started they can use their own
gas pumps to
keep filling their generator gas tank to keep it running.

I always think how stupid it is in a natural disaster
emergency that people
who need to evacuate can't get gas because the gas at the
gas stations is
unavailable simply because the gas station doesn't have the
power to pump
its own gas.

 

Stormin Mormon wrote:

Yep. Even during the oil embargo under Carter, there was no shortage of
gasoline - there was only a shortage of CHEAP gasoline.

 

If the gas stations could set their own price, I'm sure some
would install generators.

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Christopher A. Young
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I always think how stupid it is in a natural disaster
emergency that people
who need to evacuate can't get gas because the gas at the
gas stations is
unavailable simply because the gas station doesn't have the
power to pump
its own gas.

 

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Diesel beats both gas and propane/lpg/nat-gas hands down. Diesel also
stores more easily, and most diesel generators run just fine on home
heating fuel. Down side? Diesels are a bit noiser perhaps. Upsides?
Good storage on the fuel (doesn't degrade in storage, but may require
an algicide).


Safely? Hard, you need a good/proper storage tank. Consider checking
Northern Tools for tanks.


How are you going to rotage 150 gallons of gas? If it is stale, you
sure you want to put it in your car?


No, a gallon of propane has less energy than a gallon of gas. And a
gallon of gas has less energy than a gallon of diesel.


No, but your question says you need to talk to an electrican about
hookups before you kill yourself or someone else. <g>



Probably, but I doubt you will get away with that type of a setup. I
don't think any gas company will fill a tank (150 gallons) feeding a
150 ft line to a generator.


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