My , or our 6500 watt machine is also on wheels but we have it stored in what looks like I am told a giant rubbermaid casket. the box is on two wood pallets and this box opens in the front with two wide doors and then if it is not raining or snowing we can also lift up the top. we had to cut a hole in the right side of the generator box because the muffler was up tight against the plastic/ rubbermaid . so we cut a bit hole and then cut what I call a number ten can nearly in half and used three machine screws to attach that to the box so like a overhang to keep the weather off the muffler. although this generator is portable it takes a bit of work to move it as it is also attached to a hevy duty truck batery and a battery maintainer which is pluged into the house. this all sets just outside beside our outside cellar/ bilco doors. Lee
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 02:50:40PM -0500, NLG wrote: > I never researched to see what it cost or how many cubic feet of natural gas > I would have to burn to produce a KW of electricity...I'll leave that for > others with more free time on their hands than I have. My generator is > portable. It has a set of wheels on it. When I have a power outage, I pull > the generator out of my garage which is only about 12 feet from my natural > gas connection and the electrical connection. After the outage is over, I > put the generator back into the garage, so I don't have a shelter over it > while it is in service. I have never had a problem with it in any weather > .conditions, sunny, rain or snow by not having it sheltered. As far as > maintanance, the only thing I have had to do is change oil in the engine. I > don't have an hour meter on the unit so can't tell you how many hours I have > on it. I would guess less than 200 hours in 10 years. I can tell you that > running it on natural gas verses gasoline, the oil when I change it is > cleaner and I am s > till running with the original spark plug. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 22:56 > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane and Gas. > > > I have a few questions. > What does the natural gas converted electric cost perKW? > How much maintenance to run one of these? What kind of shelter/venting do > they need? > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, NLG wrote: > > > The horse power is 11 and it does have a float type carb. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Rob Monitor > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 08:45 > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane > andNatural Gas. > > > > > > Hi, could you till me what HP. your briggs and stratton engine is? Also > do you have the float type carb. on it??? > > Thanks Rob from Minnesota > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: NLG > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 5:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Generator Conversion Kits to Propane > andNatural Gas. > > > > 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. 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