HI EVERYONE,
HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT. BACK ON THE 23RD OF DECEMBER WE DROPPED POWER FOR A PERIOD OF OVER 30 HOURS. I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET. I WAS LEFT NO CHOICE BUT TO GO OUT AND BUY A NEW GENNY. THE OLD ONE HAS YET TO RECEIVE IT'S SENTENCE AND THE HIGH-LO BATTERY LASTED FOR 9 OF THOSE 30 HOURS. NOT BAD FOR A BATTERY THAT I GOT FROM WORK FOR FREE AND THAT TOO WAS LEFT TO A SLOW DEATH. I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE IT OFF THERE HANDS AND TRY AND PUT IT TO USE. OFF TO HOME DEPOT FOR A NEW GAS 8KW. I WISH I COULD OF PUT THE MONEY TOWARDS A LISTER BUT OH WELL, I HAD A HOUSE FULL OF COMPANY AND NO HEAT SORCE. STILL THE GENNY WAS TOO SMALL TO RUN THE HEAT PUMP. THAT'S OK, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I ADDED A HEAT BROILER HEAT EXCHANGER IN MY PLEMTUM TO HELP GIVE THE HEAT PUMP A LITTLE EXTRA KICK AND REDUCE IT'S RUN TIME. I CIRCULATE HOT WATER FROM THE WATER HEATER AND LEFT THE BLOWER ON FULL TIME AND KEPT UP QUITE WELL. I ENDED UP SPENDING CLOSE TO $50.00 ON GAS AND TWO TRIPS TO THE STATION. I AM LOOKING AT MAKING THE GENNY TRI-FUEL AND RUN IT OF THE NATURAL GAS HERE AT THE HOUSE. THAT WAY I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING GASOLINE AND HAVING IT GO BAD OVER TIME.
I DID A LITTLE MATH AND NEED MAKE SURE THIS LOOKS CORRECT. I FIGURE SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS USED THESE FORMULAS AND NOW'S BETTER THAN I DO.
- GAL GASOLINE= 125,000 btu
- CU FOOT OF NATURAL GAS= 1030 btu
I FIGURED THE MACHINE USED 1 GAL OF GAS PER HOUR
125,000/1030=121.35 CU FEET/HOUR
I PAY ABOUT $1.05 PER HUNDRED CU FEET SO 121.35/100=1.21 HUNDRED CU FEET* $1.05= $1.27 PER HOUR TO RUN VS $3.05 PER GALON OF GASOLINE.
DOES THIS SEEM CORRECT? I'M PROBABLY WRONG BUT NEED SOMEONE TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS OUT. IF IT IS CORRECT WOULDN'T YOU THINK MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE DOING IT. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP CHAD
He can post when he removes his capslock key for christs sake. WTF does it have to do with "wind" too?
