From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 20:30:51 PDT
I have a number of vehicles and occassionally I will get a batch of gas
that is simply too bad to burn in a particular car or truck. I have had
good luck putting the bad gas into cans and feeding it into my forklift
and Case gas tractor by mixing it with fresh gas - half bad/half good.
Both the forklift and the Case tractor have low compression engines -
like 6:1 and it doesn't seem to bother them much at all.
Sooner or later the government is going to realize that having gas that
goes bad in a month or two does have some national ramifications.
Especially if it can't be stored for emergency situations.
Dave
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Ed wrote:
> That is a great site! My reasons for wanting to convert is that the propane
> does not require anything special to store it. As far as I know it never
> goes bad like gas or diesel does and while it may put out a smaller amount
> of power for running my well and most of my inside electrical items it
> should do just fine. I have a military 10kw genset that I found is more
> like a 20kw due to the power it puts out! I turned on everything in our
> house to include the central A/C and it handled the load with a 75% load
> showing on the load meter on the genset!! I highly recommend it for
> emergency use. Here in upstate South Carolina it's mostly for ice storms
> that knock out power for several days at a time. We have a large wood
> burning fireplace so heat isn't a problem but having backup power sure is
> nice!
>
> I wired it into the main wiring using a double throw, double pole transfer
> switch to prevent powering the lines and killing some lineman that thinks
> that the line he is about to touch is dead!! Our setup was inspected and
> approved by our power company and in fact was shown in one of their monthly
> magazines a few years ago. I have a 250 gas tank to fuel it but even though
> I use Stabile the gas will still go bad after a couple of years. I have
> about 50 gallons right now that is crap. I have to drain it and try to get
> it into shape for the mower or something. At the price gas is now I'm not
> about to throw it out!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ed
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>>http://www.propane-generators.com/military-surplus-generators.htm
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