Need Some Generator Advise.

[Gregger17]

Yamaha EF 3000iseb, runs our cottage off grid. In fact I ran my house during ice storm for 5days.


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[DanO]

I'm surprised a 3000W generator would run your house. You must really cut down on the loads.

[jaycee]

It's a little late now but Lowe's about a month ago had a great deal, Generac Gen. - 10,000 starting watts, 8000 running watts for $895.oo +tax. including a 20 ft. 30 A cord w/ 4 outlets.
I couldn't turn down a deal like that, it runs great , 11 hrs. on full tank.

[Snowwalker]

It's a little late now but Lowe's about a month ago had a great deal, Generac Gen. - 10,000 starting watts, 8000 running watts for $895.oo +tax. including a 20 ft. 30 A cord w/ 4 outlets.
I couldn't turn down a deal like that, it runs great , 11 hrs. on full tank.

You don't get it hooked to your gas line and run it on Natural gas? A 10Kw generator is more then enough to run the house, but normally people run them off Natural gas. I assume you have a gas line at your place.

[73hunter]

I'm surprised a 3000W generator would run your house. You must really cut down on the loads.

I have a 3000 watt also, it will run our furnace fan, fridge and a few lights. Enough to get you thru a storm but doesn't burn as much fuel as others. I think a 3000 watt inverter would be perfect for most households as a backup.

[jaycee]

You don't get it hooked to your gas line and run it on Natural gas? A 10Kw generator is more then enough to run the house, but normally people run them off Natural gas. I assume you have a gas line at your place.

No we do not have it hooked to natural gas! , we are out in the country , closest gas line is almost 4 miles from our house!, and normally there are very few gas lines running through the country.

[Snowwalker]

No we do not have it hooked to natural gas! , we are out in the country , closest gas line is almost 4 miles from our house!, and normally there are very few gas lines running through the country.

I suspected that was the reason. My parents place in NS does not have gas, but they do in town just 400 yards away. The county had plans to run the lines right alone the road in front of their place, but the Liberals got elected and Infrastructure just disappeared. Dad said it took them two years just to come and fill in the miles of trench they had dug along the road, and that was only after someone drove their truck into the trench and killed themselves.

How do you keep the gas from going stale? you use it enough that it always pretty fresh, or do you buy Marine gas without ethanol in it?

[B Wilson]

I have a yamaha 3000 watt inverter, also switched over all my light bulbs to LED so all lights can be used, furnace fan, Internet modem, tv, etc. Only thing I can't run is the stove or clothes dryer.

I always add sea foam to my gas to assist in keeping it from going bad.

[jaycee]

How do you keep the gas from going stale? you use it enough that it always pretty fresh, or do you buy Marine gas without ethanol in it?

Answer-- Seafoam !, also run it periodically and add fresh.
Seafoam is great stuff, I have a chainsaw that hadn't been run for 2 years, started on second pull and ran just as if it had fresh mixed gas just put in.

[impact]

A 3,000 watt inverter generator is plenty of power for the infrequent and short power outages we have. Cheap on gas, lightweight and portable should you want to run it at the hunt camp or help out a family in need at another community without power.
If you go into a camping / survival mode you would be surprised at how little power you actually need.

There is even dual fuel generators if you are concerned about stale gas. You can keep propane on hand for 10 years before the bottle needs to be re-certified.

https://www.costco.ca/Champion-Dual-...%2B%2B8IwXQ%3D

https://www.championpowerequipment.c...fuel-inverter/