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.
I'm calling BS without on this story...most likely, the "friend" misplaced a decimal point and came up with the wrong answer.
At best, it was taking a horribly over-sized and expensive generator to handle a tiny load resulting in wildly expensive generator power.
I could run my 2400w generator 24/7 for 6 months, thow it out, buy another run it 6 months and still not spend $12k.
