Hi, Yes, in my case, I can run my generator on either natural gas or gasoline.
The engine on my generator is a Briggs and Stratton. The addaptor to run on natural gas fits right on top of the carb. The choke plate is moved on this engine by sliding a lever. After installing the natural gas addaptor on top of the carb, the sliding choke lever was not long enough to reach the arm on the choke plate, so I had to extend the lever to reach the arm on the choke plate. I extended it with a short piece of metal I cut from a piece of roof flashing and rivoted it to the end of the choke lever with two small pop rivots. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 23:49 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane andNatural Gas. I do not understand you rmessage here when yhou refer to" to extend the choke so I can run gasoline." did I miss something. can you run these engines on natural gas and pr gasoline? thanks for the explaining.Lee On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 12:51:34PM -0500, NLG wrote: > I converted my generator to run on natural gas about 10 yearrs ago. I don't remember now where I bought the kit but it was somewhere online. I do remember telling the sales person the model of the engine on my generator and that was the only information he needed. He then sent me the kit which consisted of a natural gas regulator ( looks similar to the one on a gas grill) an adaptor that bolted onto the carb, a piece of hose that connected the regulator to the adaptor, and a few bolts and clamps. It was pretty simple to hook up, I completed the job in less than an hour. The most difficult part was extending the choke linkage to get it to reach so I could still run it on gasoline > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edward Przybylek > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 12:27 > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane and Natural Gas. > > > Hi all, > > I read this message about generator conversion kits and took a look at the > web site. I was wondering if anyone has ever done such a conversion. If > so, how well did it work out? Was the actual conversion difficult to do? > Thanks a lot. > > Take care, > Ed Przybylek > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:27 PM > To: handyman-blind > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane and Natural > Gas. > > Bill, I found this site. They have some interesting information about > conversions. I didn't notice prices. > They stated that a 20£ cylinder is equal to 5 gallons of gas. At about $4 > per gallon it is almost double what I just paid for my grill tank to be > filled at $11. > > http://www.propane-generators.com/ > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p > age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases. -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
