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Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:28 am to bbap
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Those are very gas friendly. My generator will easily eat 15 gallons in a 24 hour period only running fridges, window units, lamps, and electronics. No stove and no laundry.
Easily. 15 gallons may be a low estimate.
I have a 7500 Firman that I can plug directly into a 50a outlet to run the whole house other than AC, but reading these threads over the past few days has made me question whether such a generator makes sense. Loud and burns a lot of fuel is a bad combination.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:30 am to Earnest_P
Agreed. I'd probably rather a smaller inverter style but I have what I have.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:32 am to Cosmo
regular generators shouldn't run home ACs and dryers.
my generator is a 6500 and ran 2 refrigerators, all lights and fans, and 2 window units. plus anything else in the house that needed power.
but yes, gas is a big arse problem. the feds needs to do something quick.
my generator is a 6500 and ran 2 refrigerators, all lights and fans, and 2 window units. plus anything else in the house that needed power.
but yes, gas is a big arse problem. the feds needs to do something quick.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:33 am to Cosmo
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No way you were doing laundry on 5 gallons a day.
Who the hell is doing laundry during a hurricane, much less laundry every day?
Unless you had damage to your home that resulted in all of your clothes getting soaked, in which case, god bless you if you have a working washer/dryer.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:34 am to tiger91
Ryobi 6500. one that came from Home Depot i think.
got two last year for laura.
i have both of them powering people in hammond right now. have brought gas and supplies there 3 times this week from lafayette. the drive blows more than normal right now.
luckily we have a diesel generator running our office there now. united rentals hooked it up.
we are also bringing in people from neighboring offices to use our internet, etc.
got two last year for laura.
i have both of them powering people in hammond right now. have brought gas and supplies there 3 times this week from lafayette. the drive blows more than normal right now.
luckily we have a diesel generator running our office there now. united rentals hooked it up.
we are also bringing in people from neighboring offices to use our internet, etc.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:35 am to Fewer Kilometers
no one should be washing/drying clothes on a regular generator.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:36 am to donRANDOMnumbers
Bquick on perkins has gas, and they have the best system ive seen so far with traffic control in and out of their parking lot
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:36 am to donRANDOMnumbers
after all of this is over i am getting a 100kw or so on a trailer to have ready.
i could make much better use of it for an entire area than most people. and diesel so much better than gas.
i could make much better use of it for an entire area than most people. and diesel so much better than gas.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:36 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Who the hell is doing laundry during a hurricane, much less laundry every day?
there have been a couple laundry threads on the OT the past few days
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:40 am to donRANDOMnumbers
Dang ... ours is a 6500 can't tell you the brand off hand. We ran 2 refrigerators, one freezer, one window a/c, microwave as needed, lights in a pool house.
My husband said he remembers it being about 10 gallons per day. To me that sounded like a lot. But it all ran 24/7 except for when he refueled it.
I really want a push start one ... told him the day he dies or can't do this anymore it's whole house gen time.
Good on you for taking care of those you can.
My husband said he remembers it being about 10 gallons per day. To me that sounded like a lot. But it all ran 24/7 except for when he refueled it.
I really want a push start one ... told him the day he dies or can't do this anymore it's whole house gen time.
Good on you for taking care of those you can.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:48 am to Fewer Kilometers
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Who the hell is doing laundry during a hurricane, much less laundry every day?
A poster last night was talking about running his speed queen
Posted on 9/3/21 at 10:59 am to skidry
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This right here. I’m running my fridge, TV, modem, and a window unit on a honda eu2000i, and I just opened my third 5 gallon can today. So like 12 gallons since Monday. I run it around the clock except when it runs out of gas at night. These bigger units are burning that everyday.
You're running that all at once?
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:00 am to GREENHEAD22
Our generator is plugged into our house but half of the breakers are off. Run 6000btu ac, fridge, freezer, tv, and a few lights. We have a 1 and 3 year old at home so the extension cords are an issue.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:11 am to donRANDOMnumbers
I have a 3000W inverter. It used a total of 6 gallons over 90 hours (running in increments) powering the fridge/freezer, a fan, and some electronics during the day and a window unit at night. It was probably 50 total hours of running if I had to guess. Those inverters are awesome. Smaller, quiet, efficient as frick.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:14 am to GREENHEAD22
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Taking to someone in transport, he is saying there is about to be a major shortage for the wholes state south of Alexandria.
Outages and longlines from Laff to New Roads.
Water and gas, the two things you know need to be staged and ready to go after a storm.
man you sound like a whiny little bitch
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:16 am to SlapahoeTribe
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Free market and all..
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:25 am to trussthetruzz
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Free market and all..
How's an artificial government imposed price ceiling a free market?
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:30 am to GREENHEAD22
quote:What do you mean there is about to be? There is already.
there is about to be a major shortage
Posted on 9/3/21 at 11:46 am to Cosmo
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Or maybe people could not run their whole fricking house on a gas generator
Generators drink that gas regardless of output
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