Good deal on a generator
I use this guy to supplement my solar panels in the winter. It does 30a, I haven't had an issue running the microwave and ac off it simultaneously. I just finished my second year with it, so far it's just needed an oil change.
We may be in the golden age of gennies: cheaper, quieter, more available. There have been days when I wished I had one.
Are you running it on gasoline or propane? I hear the latter is cleaner in gens and requires less maintenance (like carb rebuilds).
Whatever I happen to have extra of. The land where I use it has some propane heaters, and I try to keep 5 gallons of gas on hand.
This year was mostly gas, a 5 gallon tank lasted about a week running 4-8 hours a day, averaging 10 amps or so.
A man after my own heart.
Have you observed a power output level where the genny is most fuel-efficient ($/kWh or whatever)?
I never did the math that far down. There aren't many weeks where I needed to run it every day. The lower your draw the better has been my rule of thumb.
I have a couple jackery batteries that I keep topped off in addition to my solar system. The jackery stuff has it's own solar panels that I can run through a window in fair weather. That stuff, $/kWh, is the ay cheaper. But of course it has a huge up front investment.
wew that looks like a beast! thanks for the link. have you had any issues with it at all or is it just a solid, dependable generator?
A few hundred hours in and it's been great. I'll probably do some deep maintenance on it this fall, just to be safe.
nice!