Whole House Generators

[Chuck]

If you are talking big earthquake then diesel is the way to go. Earthquakes damage gas lines, roads and storage tanks. Another reason for multi fuel. And if there is a massive earthquake then you will run out of fuel with zero option of getting more. Supply chains will fail and demand will be high. Best to have lots of water purification supplies and canned or dried food and a few solar panels to change batteries for lights and phones (if phones even work) and lots of ammo as you live in St Louis and looting and rioting is a very real issue.

Chuck

> On Feb 3, 2022, at 9:15 AM, Jerry — MacSolutions <jerry at stlmacguy.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the response, Mark!
> 
> We have a fault line in Southeast Missouri that we keep hearing is ready to release” The Big One.”  (Look up New Madrid Fault) The last time that it released it’s power, it made the Mississippi Rive run backwards and rang bells in Boston.  If we have half of that power released, I worry about gas lines breaking all over the area.  So I would *prefer* natural gas but, this situation worries me.  I’m wondering if ANY generator solution would work if we had a major disaster?  Could I get fuel after the first tank runs dry?  (I’m just thinking aloud, not asking you directly.)
> 
> Using Propane or Diesel would require a large tank.  And I don’t think there is enough space between the houses for that kind of thing.   So I’d have to use a smaller tank and that may  negate the solution for what we need.  
> 
> And a grid of solar panels on the roof with a battery system would probably be $100k.  More than we can handle at the moment.
> 
> May I ask the cost to install?  Our breaker box is on the other side of the house from the natural gas line also.  :(
> 
> —Jerry
> 
>> On Feb 3, 2022, at 10:34 AM, Mark Griffiths <liebestod77 at gmail.com <mailto:liebestod77 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Choose the size of your generator based upon what you want to run - I had no problems with my 12K running all lights/TVs/computers, furnace (NG), power vent hot water heater (NG), and two refrigerator/freezers. Cooking was with a natural gas stove and oven.
>> 
>> I had an automatic switch installed with the generator that would exercise on a schedule and automatically switch to power line/generator, depending upon the situation. Great for when you are not home.  I did not have to cycle any use, but did give the generator a rest once a day to check oil during the long outage.  If your appliances are mostly electric, or you want to run A/C, you will need a bigger generator.
>> 
>> Mark
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