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Bill in NC wrote:
100lb tanks - preferably 2 ganged together.

Yes, if you can afford it/them, and the space they take. Then you're looking at a more permanent installation. You can buy or lease the propane tanks from a local supplier.

I would assume a propane-burning engine can be modified for natural gas fairly easily; probably require some kind of adapter. For natural gas, you have to run the pipe outside to the generator, and you have to be sure that the pressure is adequate for the engine.

Gasoline engines can be adapted for propane; my son-in-law modified his lawnmower to burn propane, because he didn't like the exhaust.

/Mr Lynn
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power generator - by space-time - 06-02-2014, 11:36 PM
Re: power generator - by Speedy - 06-02-2014, 11:44 PM
Re: power generator - by Robert M - 06-02-2014, 11:47 PM
Re: power generator - by Speedy - 06-03-2014, 12:00 AM
Re: power generator - by space-time - 06-03-2014, 12:09 AM
Re: power generator - by mrlynn - 06-03-2014, 12:24 AM
Re: power generator - by The UnDoug - 06-03-2014, 12:45 AM
Re: power generator - by space-time - 06-03-2014, 01:00 AM
Re: power generator - by onthedownlow - 06-03-2014, 01:19 AM
Re: power generator - by mrlynn - 06-03-2014, 01:38 AM
Re: power generator - by space-time - 06-03-2014, 01:50 AM
Re: power generator - by Ombligo - 06-03-2014, 01:57 AM
Re: power generator - by michaelb - 06-03-2014, 03:38 AM
Re: power generator - by Speedy - 06-03-2014, 03:52 AM
Re: power generator - by Grateful11 - 06-03-2014, 04:19 AM
Re: power generator - by Ombligo - 06-03-2014, 09:56 AM
Re: power generator - by billb - 06-03-2014, 10:07 AM
Re: power generator - by tenders - 06-03-2014, 11:40 AM
Re: power generator - by mrlynn - 06-03-2014, 11:49 AM
Re: power generator - by testcase - 06-03-2014, 01:29 PM
Re: power generator - by RAMd®d - 06-03-2014, 03:34 PM
Oh, and... - by RAMd®d - 06-03-2014, 03:47 PM
Re: power generator - by Mr645 - 06-03-2014, 03:50 PM
Re: power generator - by 3d - 06-03-2014, 04:01 PM
Re: power generator - by Robert M - 06-03-2014, 04:13 PM
Re: power generator - by RAMd®d - 06-03-2014, 04:32 PM
Re: power generator - by Bill in NC - 06-03-2014, 05:37 PM
Re: power generator - by mrlynn - 06-03-2014, 05:49 PM
Re: power generator - by Mr645 - 06-03-2014, 09:44 PM
Re: power generator - by tenders - 06-04-2014, 12:02 AM
Re: power generator - by 3d - 06-04-2014, 12:09 AM
Re: power generator - by tenders - 06-05-2014, 02:19 AM
Re: power generator - by Robert M - 06-05-2014, 11:49 AM

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