All true... however, propane engines do require more propane to make the same energy as a gas engine in the same application.. propane simply has less carbons to burn in the chain..
If you are using a gas fired generator.. do two things on shutdown.. 1. Shut the fuel off while the generator is running.. If your generator does not have a fuel shut off valve.. get one. 2. Run the carb dry of fuel, until the engine shuts it's self off from fuel starvation. By doing this.. the amount of damage done to the carb from dried out fuel varnish is minimized. Most restart issues will be reduced if not eliminated. It requires only a small effort on shutdown.. which will save, often, huge efforts on startup.. which usually happen during an emergency of some sort.. The other survival suggestion I would make is to add a "Y" connection to the fuel line from the tank and add second fuel shutoff valve, with hose [a large golf tee in the open end, to stop critters from making nests in the hose. On shutdown, after running the carb empty.. put the hose from the "Y" connection into a suitable gasoline storage container, and drain the generator tank. dry.. Again.. no varnish or stale fuel on startup... If the stored fuel is over 90 days old.. use it in something.. get fresh... On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I've read that gasoline engines operated on propane are much cleaner, > almost never experience carb trouble and can go longer between oil changes > because of it. > -Curt > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] generator for Craig > > > Meade wrote: > > > > Looks like Onan generators are sold for gasoline, propane, > > or diesel fuel. I'll bet this one is gasoline. > > Most gasoline engines - and therefore generators - can be > converted to run on propane. A bit less power, but no issues > with long term fuel storage! > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
