[RE-wrenches] Off Grid LP Gen advice

[Dave Palumbo]

Ecogen it is. Thanks everybody.

 

Dave Plaumbo

 

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of John Blittersdorf
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 7:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Off Grid LP Gen advice

 

Dave,

    I have sold 8 Eco-Gens so far and first impressions are great.  I wasn't aware of the govt funded research but it makes sense.  I have one installed on top of Herrick Mtn doing an average of 4 hours a day backing up a transmitter site.  This winter will be the test.  So far we have almost 500 hours on it (first oil change coming up) and no problems.  This is a remote site with only  snowmobile access in winter.  The gen is doing great on fuel economy. About .7 gph at 2300 watt load.

 

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On Sep 14, 2013, at 8:56 PM, Gary Willett <Gary at IcarusSolarServices.com> wrote:

Ditto Chris's comment. The EcoGen was designed by Generac with research funded by the Propane Council from the ground-up as an off-grid propane-only generator used to charge batteries.

Regards,  Gary

On 9/14/13 1:44 PM, Chris Mason wrote:

Generac Ecogen is your best choice. It was specifically designed for the long runs associated with charing batteries for off-grid work.

 

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Dave Palumbo <dave at independentpowerllc.com> wrote:

Wrenchsters,

 

Looking for a good quality, long lasting, LP gas genset for my off grid rental house. 6 to 8kW. Full power at 120Vac would be nice. In the past some have recommended a Coleman off grid model as I remember. I’m also wondering how the smaller Kohlers, and the like, have been holding up for off grid use over the past few years.

 

This for northern Vermont where even with C/8 PV to battery charge rate we need to run the generator about 250 hours per year as the cloud cover is dense for weeks at a time.

 

Thanks,

 

Dave Palumbo


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