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Originally Posted by Arizona_928
That's just how them gas units go. 6k Diesel would see 70 gallons go on 5+ days depending how much load. Higher buy in up front though.
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I was a little skeptical of you claim on 70 gallons over 5 days.
So I went here:
https://www.hardydiesel.com/resources/diesel-generator-fuel-consumption-chart/
Seems running a 17 kw diesel generator 24 hours a day would require about 1 gallon an hour or 120 gallons in 5 days. *edit* - That would be comparing apples to apples.
*edit* - you are correct a 6KW (which would not work on my house it is too small) running at 75% load would burn about 1/2 gallon an hour or 12 gallons a day or 60 in 5 days. Except, I am giving my usage for a 17KW unit running at 50-60% load.
A diesel is much more efficient than the 3 gallons an hour a Propane Generator requires, that is for sure.
The nice part about the propane is, you do not have to worry about storing it.
I have not needed my Generator for 2 years now. The propane in that tank is that old. While a Diesel would be a much more efficient choice when needing it all the time, the propane makes for sense for occasional needs.
In a perfect world, I would love to have solar / battery, except I am not convinced the solar will be there after a cat 3 or 4 storm.
I am also not keen on having to pull it down for the storm then installing it after the storm.
Some day I will have solar / battery, not on this house, it will be on my house on acreage so I can be off grid if I desire to.