I use this guy to supplement my solar panels in the winter. It does 30a, I haven’t had an issue running the microwave and ac off it simultaneously. I just finished my second year with it, so far it’s just needed an oil change.

  • Frater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orgM
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    We may be in the golden age of gennies: cheaper, quieter, more available. There have been days when I wished I had one.

    Are you running it on gasoline or propane? I hear the latter is cleaner in gens and requires less maintenance (like carb rebuilds).

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      1 year ago

      Whatever I happen to have extra of. The land where I use it has some propane heaters, and I try to keep 5 gallons of gas on hand.

      This year was mostly gas, a 5 gallon tank lasted about a week running 4-8 hours a day, averaging 10 amps or so.

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        1 year ago

        Whatever I happen to have extra of

        A man after my own heart.

        running 4-8 hours a day, averaging 10 amps or so

        Have you observed a power output level where the genny is most fuel-efficient ($/kWh or whatever)?

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          I never did the math that far down. There aren’t many weeks where I needed to run it every day. The lower your draw the better has been my rule of thumb.

          I have a couple jackery batteries that I keep topped off in addition to my solar system. The jackery stuff has it’s own solar panels that I can run through a window in fair weather. That stuff, $/kWh, is the ay cheaper. But of course it has a huge up front investment.