LP Generator vs Diesel Generator
Looking to down size to a Class B+, only ever had was gas generator both on my RV and at home. What are the pros and cons of each? The Diesel gen set is extra money. Unit is on a Sprinter. KC
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ScottG wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:
Diesel combustion stinks, and brings with it the very real threat of carbon monoxide poisoning. By contrast, propane generators have little/no odor, and when operating outside an enclosed space make virtually no CO.
Propane powered engines make a substantial amount of CO - easily enough to kill.
Only if used in an enclosed space, and only THEN by virtue of their consumption of room oxygen. Propane combustion itself produces very little CO, unlike gas and diesel generators. When outside and/or properly vented, there's no risk at all. Not true for gas/diesel units, whose CO-laden exhaust can seep into the living space through the smallest of openings.
In fact, a small propane-powered generator produces about 90% less CO than its gasoline powered equivalent. That's such a significant difference that agencies attempting to reduce the number of CO related deaths/illnesses after events like hurricanes are recommending conversion of gas powered units to propane. Source
