Agreed. -D
> On Feb 16, 2021, at 8:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Your thought about Kaleb's resistive heat strips is exactly why I suggested a > propane heater. Rather than burning fuel to make electricity to heat the > place it probably makes more sense to just burn propane to make heat... > -Curt > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 6:35:45 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dan and Jim appear to be the experts so I will sort of address this to > them, but anyone else that knows should pitch in too. > > My understanding is that one needs a whopper of a generator to power up > electric heat. Not only big enough but tough enough to run for long > periods of time at high load. > > So, how well would it work for someone like Kaleb and his heat pump? If > it is cold enough to need his electric elements as well as power his > heat pump, how much generator would he need. > > The other thing I am wondering about is what sort of generator one > needs. I have acquired a couple generators - a Generac that is rated at > something like 7500W and an older Winco powered by a 2 cylinder > Wisconsin motor on propane or natural gas - 10KW on propane but only > about 8KW on natural gas. > > My concern is that I am told that my newer Lennox gas furnace wants > clean power and neither of my generators is capable of providing it. > Should I look for another in the form of an inverter generator or are > they even likely to produce power clean enough to satisfy the furnace? > My other thought is whether an inverter could be powered by one of my > existing generators and produce a clean sine wave power that would be > capable of powering my furnace. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > 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
