Need Power?

Have you ever been without power? In Oklahoma we had the great ice storm in 2007 and lost power at our house out in the middle of nowhere for over a week. We had an old diesel welder converted to a generator that we wired into our house so we could have a running water for an hour or so every day. Living out in the country meant we had a well. This means with no power, you have no water. We quickly ran out of diesel, which meant a trip into town on iced over roads in my 4x4. Looking back, I wish we'd had a gas burning generator converted to burn propane. Propane burns cleaner and more efficiently, can be kept in greater amounts without taking up space, and has a much longer shelf life than gasoline. I think when I set up my house with a generator, I will use propane just to not have to deal with the potential hassle of a gasoline. Not that a gas burning generator is that bad, it's just that the benefits of a propane system are sure worth the costs. Any 4 stroke gas burning engine can be converted to burn LPG with a simple kit and you're good to go. The forklift at our warehouse runs on propane and it actually has the same engine under the seat that my Nissan Altima has under the hood. We also had some old farm trucks that were converted to LPG and they only needed filling once every year or so. The end.

Have a good weekend,

Ruben