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Great input on MEP-002 fuel consumption
Thanks for the great input on the MEP-002 fuel consumption - I have three of these units and plan to build them for diesel customers. My business is helping off-grid customers run their homes and I use mil-tech when possible due to the quality. So my...
for heating yes, but for genset run it works ok
yes, and when using for heating fuel the energy content matters more but when running a genset it is gallons per hours and generators are 30%-35% or so efficient - a 5-10kw unit of either type run about .75-1.5 gallons per hour - so run time...
oh yeah, the cost is important as well
You did not mention that 200 gallons of propane would be roughly $400 delivered and the same amount of diesel would be roughly $800 plus delivery (so if you made four trips with the pickup and a 55 gallon drum) your cost for 200 gallons of diesel would be...
long resupply times are typical with propane - only luck would leave you out
Typical home resupply with propane is 3-6 months per resupply (tanks run from 150-500gals) - so going 22 days is not an issue unless you happen to be very low and then had the low probability of no resupply. Trying...
Propane is good, diesel is a sloppy mess. If you have propane - then go propane. Diesel backup typically is a problem unless you have regular source of diesel, refresh the fuel regularly and run any genset fully loaded - bottom line for a home that is not going to happen unless you need to run...