I think I have told this story before.
New Year's Eve either 1974 or 1975, my wife and I were still living in
Ontario. We lived in a small house heated by oil. About midnight, we
realized the heat was off. I knew from experience that if it got really
cold, the oil might not flow from the 250 gallon tank outside the house
as my parents' house had suffered similar issues while I was growing up.
I got up and got dressed to go outside and then banged on the end of the
tank near the valve. That got the oil flowing again so in I went, but I
was hardly back in bed when it stopped again (couldn't hear the fan
running), so got up and dressed and went outside and got a trouble light
from the garage and plugged it in and hung it on the valve. No more
trouble that night. The heat from the 60W bulb was enough to keep the
oil flowing.
It was very close to -50F that night which is why we had an issue. I
don't think I had ever seen it that cold before and I have not seen it
that cold since.
I don't think you would have any problem at -14F.
Randy
On 16/02/2021 6:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
It's not the engine itself, it's the fuel tank and the lines running to the
genset that I fear will have issues at-10°F.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:37 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Generators can have block heaters. My old Winpco has a bolt on electric
heater attached to the block.
Randy
On 16/02/2021 5:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
i've been trying to choose between Diesel and propane for a whole house
generator, and decided in favor of propane due to this -14°F night. I
have
doubts that a Diesel genset would have started when they turned to power
off at 7AM this morning.
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