Generator- gasoline or propane?

Lowsuv wrote:
we had a propane generator in our 36 foot beaver diesel .
it used propane at a ratio of about 1.5 to 1 as gasoline .
we had a big propane tank but when we needed the genny ( winter travels ) i made frequent visits to the propane vendors .

If I had a diesel pusher it would have a diesel generator. Between a furnace and the generator in the winter, I'm sure you did use a lot of propane.

we had a propane generator in our 36 foot beaver diesel .
it used propane at a ratio of about 1.5 to 1 as gasoline .
we had a big propane tank but when we needed the genny ( winter travels ) i made frequent visits to the propane vendors .

We went with LP & it's never been an issue for us. Didn't want the fuel storage gummed up carb issues the gas units seem to have. Lots of LP vehicles out there these days so service should be easy to find. CW works on them.

kevden wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
nuclear

Yeah, but try finding uranium at the campground store!:)

Shouldn't need to recharge in our lifetime :)

I have a friend who had a propane genny in his class A. He had a problem with it and started looking to get it serviced. He found that there were about 20 places around that would work on small gas engines for every 1 that would work on a propane engine. I had never thought of that aspect of the propane vs gas generator question but it seemed very relevant.

Atom Ant wrote:
nuclear

Yeah, but try finding uranium at the campground store!:)

I would go with gas, don't lessen to all the dome and glum about ethanol I've been using it for years without any problems even with it sitting in the tank for months.

Denny

nuclear

Gasoline.

Dtaylor wrote:

RinconVTR wrote:
Propane generators are best when their used will be very limited, stored for long periods without operating, and still need to reliably start at any moment.

This is really something to consider especially if you are using fuel with ethanol. Ethanol begins to separate in as little as 3-4 weeks. Adding stabilizers do help some. The other consideration is the carrying and storage of gasoline.

Our tv is an suv, so we have no truck bed to store a gas can. This and the carb gumming and ethanol separation issues have convinced me to go with propane. A lot of campgrounds have propane available for sale, as well as walmart (blue rhino).
At the nascar race we went to in NH last year you could get propane delivered to your site. Not sure what the $ was, though.