Well, Rita got me to thinking. I want/need a generator - more want than need but that is beside the point. I am looking at a tri-fuel generator - one that runs on gasoline, propane, or nat. gas. I specifically want one of these since during the past few days gas for vehicles here was like liquid gold - only harder to find. I was thinking that I could have 20-30 gallons of gas for running away purposes and then could hook it up to the natural gas supply running to my pool heater when I got back. I realize that they are rather impractical for using once in a month of blue moons but like I said - I want one.
Question for anyone that has a tri fuel or knows anything about them - what is the required supply pressure for running on natural gas? I think my pool heater supply is approximately 2psig. Will that be enough pressure? It also says that it uses 200cu.ft/hr - is that alot or not? Totally clueless on this one as I never really pay attention to what my gas bill normally runs as far as usage.
I realize that I will need to get one a little larger than if I were to get one that ran strictly on gasoline as they lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% capacity on nat gas.
I am looking at a Winco 9000 watt generator (8000 watt continuous) with a Briggs and Stratton Vanguard 480cc OHV engine. It has electric and recoil starting capabilities. Does anyone have anything good or bad to pass on about Winco generators? There is one with a Honda engine but it is 6000watt and I thought for the long run that bigger would be better. Am I right?
Again, any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.