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Old 12-12-15, 07:40 PM   #5
where2
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Originally Posted by gtojohn View Post
Most people don't realize how much fuel generators go through plus how much fuel you have to keep on hand, and properly storing it if you don't use it.
I do, but I learned that from my own experience.
2004 Hurricane Frances = 6 days with no power + 4 more days on borrowed generator
2004 Hurricane Jeanne (3 weeks later) = 7 days with (my brand new) gas generator
2005 Hurricane Wilma = do we have to do this every year??

The 23 gallons of gas I used to store in the (trailered) boat fuel tank, plus the collection of 5 gallon gas and diesel cans I had collected over the years STILL wouldn't last me 10 days running the generator... The new boat with the 90 gallon tank is getting close though.

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to use up the mere 15 gallons of REC90 (Ethanol free gasoline) I bought in late August 2015 when it looked like we were going to get a hurricane. My daily driver cars are both diesel. It wasn't difficult to use the 5 extra gallons of diesel I bought for hurricane prep this summer.

Even with a 4.4kW PV array on the roof, and I'm still in the dark when the grid goes down.
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