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In Thibodaux, Whole Home Generators Not Working
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:46 am
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:46 am
Talk about the sum of all fears. You pay $15k plus for these things and have to get them maintained every couple of months in perpetuity, but then when a Cat 1 comes along the city of Thibodaux throttles back the natural gas supply and you don't have enough juice to run these standby generators.
This post was edited on 9/14/24 at 1:40 pm
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Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:47 am to Tomatocantender
Damn that sucks. Mine is perfect and works great
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:47 am to Tomatocantender
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Thibodeaux
Thibodaux
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:47 am to Tomatocantender
Pretty sure this happened after Ida as well. I guess that nothing was done about it.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:48 am to Tomatocantender
Get you a 900 gallon tank.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:50 am to Tomatocantender
It’s not like we live in a petroleum based state. Natural gas is a tough commodity to find
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:52 am to CaptainsWafer
ThiboD’oh
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:53 am to LSURoss
Propane..... a little more hassle with the tank and keeping it topped off... but for almost double the BTUs by volume and you own the supply.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:53 am to Tomatocantender
quote:. Generac?
$15k plus for these things and have to get them maintained every couple of months in perpetuity
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:54 am to Tomatocantender
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Thibodeaux throttles back the natural gas supply and you don't have enough juice to run these standby generators.
They are not throttling back their NG supply. The issue is the NG distribution system is not designed for NG load for when the power goes out and every baw with a home generator kicks on.
The homes with home generators close to the distribution lateral will be fine. But if you are on the back side of the distribution system, you are probably out of luck.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:55 am to Tomatocantender
This happened to my parents in Watson. Local governments are far, far too concerned with building more housing and not concerned at all with reinforcing and building infrastructure.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 8:58 am to Tomatocantender
Just my opinion but instead of purchasing a NG generator either set it up for propane or purchase a trailer-able diesel generator that can be tied into your home with a disconnect. If you have the yard or garage space to store it, this is the way to go IMO.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:04 am to Tomatocantender
Are you kidding me?
Why would they throttle back when they KNOW their population has folks who rely on the generator once power shuts?
Unreal.
Why would they throttle back when they KNOW their population has folks who rely on the generator once power shuts?
Unreal.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:06 am to GumboPot
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ust my opinion but instead of purchasing a NG generator either set it up for propane or purchase a trailer-able diesel generator that can be tied into your home with a disconnect. If you have the yard or garage space to store it, this is the way to go IMO.
How hard is it to convert the natural gas to propane.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:18 am to Tomatocantender
If you are going to go $15-$20K on a generator, why would you not spring for a standby tank?
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:24 am to jizzle6609
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How hard is it to convert the natural gas to propane.
I have never done it, but I don't believe it's difficult. Each generator probably has step by step instructions to make the conversion in the owners manual. My current generator is gasoline and I have an option for propane. I have it set up to A/C my bedroom and garage (with a mini split) which I converted into a workout/entertainment room. That's where we would hunker down if the power goes out for an extended time period.
Many homes in my neighborhood have the Generac NG home generators and several people complain that it's useless when the power goes out because the NG system cannot handle the load when everyone cranks up their home generators.
With that said, the issue with long term propane use is setting up the storage tanks and getting them filled. You will have to estimate how quickly you will burn trough propane and how you will get your tanks filled. Filling propane supply is not difficult, it's just not as easy as diesel or gasoline for most people.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:27 am to Tomatocantender
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get them maintained every couple of months in perpetuity
LOL, i didn't touch mine for 9 years because the board has an issue so it wont exercise. Put a new battery on it and it fired right up.
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:27 am to dakarx
But rely on a truck to deliver
Posted on 9/12/24 at 9:27 am to DevilDagNS
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If you are going to go $15-$20K on a generator
Anybody spending that on a generator should be able to afford putting a diesel gas station on their property.
How scared are you baws of not having AC for a couple of days?
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