09-08-2014, 03:16 PM
For some reason about 5 months ago I bought the dual-fuel, electric start,7500-9000 watt Champion (Chinese mfg.) at Costco. It ran everything from water pump + UV to sat tv to fridge to microwave for a week with no strain at all. I ran it for a few hours early in the day, again at mid-day, and again in the evening and was glad to have it for Iselle. I ran it all on propane which as has been said is easier to store and it's also much easier on the engine than gas. But I was glad to have the option in case one or the other was hard to get. It was all good really but it is real loud and uses about a small propane tank in 9-10 hours. The water pump takes the most starting power of my things but a different pump, maybe DC, would be easy add to the system and a smaller generator would still run most everything else. It was $600. on sale then and paid for itself in relief. If the grid were to be down for a month or more I would make other changes.
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