baba_lilith, 11 months ago

@ai6yr You have a propane generator?

ai6yr, 11 months ago

@baba_lilith I have a gasoline generator I converted to propane... Backup to the backup, LOL.

baba_lilith, 11 months ago

@ai6yr I need a new backup to the backup - I have solar panels and a battery bank and a big propane generator for when there's not enough sun. I was thinking about converting my backup gas Honda (with a ganked carburetor) to propane, but I might just sell it and buy a propane. Did you convert it yourself?

ai6yr, 11 months ago

@baba_lilith Yes, I converted my Honda to propane using the Hutch Mountain kit. It's fairly straightforward, but does require some drilling. I prefer the Honda (since I'm a radio person) as it is RF quiet... the other stuff is NOT. https://www.hutchmountain.com/products/honda-eu2200i-propane-natural-gas-gasoline-tri-fuel-conversion-kit

baba_lilith, 11 months ago

@ai6yr My truly excellent hardware store doesn't do the conversions, and I don't think I can, but they're recommending a BE generator, it's a Canadian company just over the border from me. It's just for emergencies, which hopefully will not happen but the two times it has, I'm snowed in so can't go out for gas. Still thinking.

ai6yr, 11 months ago

@baba_lilith Interesting, haven't heard of that company, must not import into the US...

baba_lilith, 11 months ago

@ai6yr I'm in the US though, but maybe they don't distribute broadly? My first generator was a Generac Ecogen, and I can't warn people away from them strongly enough. Died after two years, impossible to find anyone to work on it, and then I found a zillion Better Business Bureau complaints against them. They're getting into the small propane generator business. :/