Generator Cost Per Hour
I just purchased a new Champion 2000 watt generator for $420. I was at a football game this weekend dry camping. I ran the generator for 42 hours straight. At this point my cost per hour is $10 per ...
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RedLionCookie wrote:Chris Bryant wrote:
A friend needs power 8-10 hours a day for about 100-120 days a year. He put ~$12k into a large solar/battery/inverter system. Paid for itself the first year in saved gasoline and maintenance, not even counting the cost of the genset.
Based on those numbers he was spending $100 per day on fuel. He must be making a lot of power. 12k on solar made that go away. That’s pretty amazing.
Have to include genset maintenance,,and the trick is the 1100 amp hour battery bank. The statement on payback was from his accountant
