DuroMax XP13000EH Dual Fuel Portable Generator 13000 Watt Gas or Propane

[bmaverick]

Yep. According to Duromax at 50% load this consumes 1.35 gal of propane per hour. Assuming you could use all 400 gal in the tank that is 296 hours or just over 12 days of continuous use. Of course lots of scenarios where continuous use is necessary and lots where it is not.

Exactly.

Run to charge the battery bank and to run the well pump to fill a 500-gallon tank. Then off for 10 hours at a time.
The newest type of smart battery chargers don't have high loads. Charging in 24V pairs also cuts down the charge time.
The 30A chargers from solar and/or wind or when the grid is up does extend the genset too.

Not running AC nor heating from the genset is a huge bonus for lasting longer than usual.

The late 1990s ice storm in Toronto had people without power for 14 weeks plus. TX just went thru an ordeal too. The long lines at filling stations would not save them at the last moment. I've already had my fair share of storms.

Propane or NG are 2 strong solutions worth considering.

 

[TheMan419]

Running back up generators is getting to be for the wealthy.

Especially if you want to run them for 100% of the time the power is out and want it to be like the power is not out.

We have a portable backup generator. So of course we cannot live like grid power is on. The argument the wife and I have is I think we should run the generator when we need water or when the fridge needs to kick on. She wants to run it basically full time so she can do what she wants with the power we have. Thankfully none of our power outages have been generally less than 24 hours in duration.

With the warnings we are seeing about the power grid for this summer I expect that is going to change. Might be thinking about a second generator for a back up to the back up.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I have the XP12000EH generator, I've tried it on both. I chose gasoline as my stand by fuel. I do not have anything else that runs propane besides my BBQ on premise. So I didn't care for setting up a big thing for that. I've only used it once, but I test run it once every 60 days.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I have the XP12000EH generator, I've tried it on both. I chose gasoline as my stand by fuel. I do not have anything else that runs propane besides my BBQ on premise. So I didn't care for setting up a big thing for that. I've only used it once, but I test run it once every 60 days.

One thing that appeals to me should the anti dieseling valve in my carb stick as did happen that I only discovered one 20F night around midnight on my 30 year old Genset I could slap on a 20 pound propane tank and start and run.

 

[ponytug]

One thing that appeals to me should the anti dieseling valve in my carb stick as did happen that I only discovered one 20F night around midnight on my 30 year old Genset I could slap on a 20 pound propane tank and start and run.

It sounds interesting. Can you elaborate on this?

All the best,

Peter