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WildBill wrote:If I were to buy a generator, I would get one that runs on natural gas.
They have those at Home Depot but the $7K price tag put me off quite a bit. I want a backup generator for the house but not $7k worth.
That price is too high. You can buy conversion kits for gasoline to natural gas or propane for a few hundred dollars.

Generator conversions might be a good niche market for a mechanically-inclined person. .
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WildBill wrote:
chasfm11 wrote:
WildBill wrote:If I were to buy a generator, I would get one that runs on natural gas.
They have those at Home Depot but the $7K price tag put me off quite a bit. I want a backup generator for the house but not $7k worth.
That price is too high. You can buy conversion kits for gasoline to natural gas or propane for a few hundred dollars.
Those at Home Depot are permanently installed 10KW and larger with transfer switches and auto-start on many of them. Here is a 6KW portable that is propane (LPG) and gasoline, but would be easy to convert to Natural Gas if you wanted to change the system over.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R ... ogId=10053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Keith B wrote:
WildBill wrote:
chasfm11 wrote:
WildBill wrote:If I were to buy a generator, I would get one that runs on natural gas.
They have those at Home Depot but the $7K price tag put me off quite a bit. I want a backup generator for the house but not $7k worth.
That price is too high. You can buy conversion kits for gasoline to natural gas or propane for a few hundred dollars.
Those at Home Depot are permanently installed 10KW and larger with transfer switches and auto-start on many of them. Here is a 6KW portable that is propane (LPG) and gasoline, but would be easy to convert to Natural Gas if you wanted to change the system over.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R ... ogId=10053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks Keith. I have noticed that some of the power companies like TXU, etc will install permanent auto-start generators for around the $10K range.
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Yeah, my brother did an extensive remodel on his house in Virginia and had a 15KW NG unit with auto-start/transfer installed. While it wasn't cheap, it has paid off for him 3-4 times already in a couple of years. It even has a load system that will take items off of the load and allow priority circuits to use the generator when they need the power.
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http://lubbock.craigslist.org/for/2235866237.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's a fella in Lubbock who sells surplus military gennys.

Natural gas will be the least expensive to run long term.
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I like my 20k nat gas unit. $12,000 installed. It is backed up by a 5k (max load) gasoline portable that cost $600 at Home Depot. This small backup is hard wired to 4 rooms in the house with dedicated drops and outlets and a window unit in the master bedroom (one of my fun projects). I don't expect to be without power, but you never know. A tree fell on a guy's 24k unit and smashed it to bits the day after the huricane, at the beginning of a 8 day outage on his block.
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flb_78 wrote:http://lubbock.craigslist.org/for/2235866237.html

There's a fella in Lubbock who sells surplus military gennys.

Natural gas will be the least expensive to run long term.
His prices are extremely high. I mean extreme.
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gregthehand wrote:
flb_78 wrote:http://lubbock.craigslist.org/for/2235866237.html

There's a fella in Lubbock who sells surplus military gennys.

Natural gas will be the least expensive to run long term.
His prices are extremely high. I mean extreme.
+1

These were going for $150 at auction down here...
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pbwalker wrote:
gregthehand wrote:
flb_78 wrote:http://lubbock.craigslist.org/for/2235866237.html

There's a fella in Lubbock who sells surplus military gennys.

Natural gas will be the least expensive to run long term.
His prices are extremely high. I mean extreme.
+1

These were going for $150 at auction down here...
Thats the minimum bid. ;-) All gov liquidation auctions say $150 until the second bid. Usually the most bidding happens about 45 mins before auction closing. One thing I really like about GL is that they don't allow bid sniping. I've never understood why eBay still allows it.
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gregthehand wrote:
pbwalker wrote:
gregthehand wrote:
flb_78 wrote:http://lubbock.craigslist.org/for/2235866237.html

There's a fella in Lubbock who sells surplus military gennys.

Natural gas will be the least expensive to run long term.
His prices are extremely high. I mean extreme.
+1

These were going for $150 at auction down here...
Thats the minimum bid. ;-) All gov liquidation auctions say $150 until the second bid. Usually the most bidding happens about 45 mins before auction closing. One thing I really like about GL is that they don't allow bid sniping. I've never understood why eBay still allows it.
Oh, I know. I've seen them go on first bid in the past. It's not common, but it happens.
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If you see one going for that by all means please send me an email and let me know! :woohoo
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