Because gas goes stale, spoils, coats the insides of everything with varnish etc. Propane is OK in cold weather but there is a minimum tank size for specific deliveries at different low temps. The more gas you need or the lower the temp the larger the tank.
But for a small generator like this, I really think a 5 gallon tank will take you to below zero. Perfectly efficient 1000 watts is 3412 Btu/hr But in the real world figure 10 btu/hr per watt. If it scales linearly, a 5 gallon tank can deliver about 5000 btu/hr at 0 degrees F. So perhaps a 500 watt load on the generator. Actually I found a chart: So, assuming you need 10,000 BTU for 1000 watts, your 5 gallon barbecue grill tank will work down to 0 degrees until it drops below 20% full. From: Brandon Yuchasz Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 5:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Great portable propane generator We are in need of a new generator so I am following along with interest. My question is why not just use gas instead of propane? What is the up side. Second question is how does the propane fair in cold weather. Say 20F or less? Thanks, Brandon From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 6:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Great portable propane generator How do you weatherproof it, aren't the plugs just exposed on the side? On 8/3/2017 5:09 PM, Steve Jones wrote: http://www.genconnexdirect.net/honda_propane_modified_generators.htm On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <[email protected]> wrote: Where did you buy that nice machine? Jim Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Steve Jones <[email protected]> Date: 8/3/17 1:05 PM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Great portable propane generator We have a smaller one that started having problems, but this has all the prpane guts on the inside and a quick connect hose. Will run close to 48 hours on a small tank in eco mode. Easy to start, runs like a champ in all weather conditions
