Anyone know a good source for dual fuel or tri fuel converted gensets? I am more concerned with a quality conversion than which brand, model or quietness of the genset. Price is always a concern of course.My application will be power outage use to run a garage fridge with an RV style transfer switch, from natural gas as a fuel source. Alternate use would be to run the camper 30 amp service in the event of a hurricane evacuation.3000 watts is the minimum I would be looking at. Larger would run more things which is nice up until the point it is o big nd heavy it is hard to move around even on wheels.Jim

http://www.generatorsales.com/triple-fuel-generators.aspI don't know anything about them other than finding them when I was looking for a propane conversion. Ended up doing it myself because most of the conversions require sending in the Honda carb for modification and I didn't want to hassle with the shipping and downtime.

Wayne,Glad to see a post from you, old timer to RV.Net.Sal,Where are you. You have some great answers on this subject.O&S

Hi Tech,Natural gas burns a lot hotter than gasoline or diesel. And provides about 30% less horsepower. So oversize your selection by 30% KW wise. I play a 400 CFM 120vac fan on an air cooled NG genset engine. Natural gas is sometimes harder to fire off in some air cooled engines. More difficult starting. But the energy source is only limited by your pocketbook. A nice feature.

HiTech wrote:Anyone know a good source for dual fuel or tri fuel converted gensets?Hi Jim, I have the Triple fuel kit from Generator Sales on my EU2000i. They have a kit for the 3000i and 6000i too.Runs great on LPG, natural gas, and gasoline.Cheers-Mark

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christopherglen
Explorer
Jul 08, 2013
how long do you have to run the fridge? Maybe an inverter/charger with a battery bank would work for short outages..
HiTech
Explorer
Jul 08, 2013
I will look at these sources. I knew natural gas derated output, but not by that much. The big reason for it vs gasoline is convenience and availability to run the insulin fridge, especially if I am not home and they have the need.

Yet another power outage in the neighborhood while not home. This is getting old, fast.

Jim
msiminoff
Explorer II
Jul 06, 2013
HiTech wrote:
Anyone know a good source for dual fuel or tri fuel converted gensets?
Hi Jim,

I have the Triple fuel kit from Generator Sales on my EU2000i. They have a kit for the 3000i and 6000i too.

Runs great on LPG, natural gas, and gasoline.

Cheers
-Mark
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
Hi Tech,

Natural gas burns a lot hotter than gasoline or diesel. And provides about 30% less horsepower. So oversize your selection by 30% KW wise. I play a 400 CFM 120vac fan on an air cooled NG genset engine. Natural gas is sometimes harder to fire off in some air cooled engines. More difficult starting. But the energy source is only limited by your pocketbook. A nice feature.
SaltiDawg
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
Another possible source:

USCarb
Old___Slow
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
Wayne,

Glad to see a post from you, old timer to RV.Net.

Sal,

Where are you. You have some great answers on this subject.

O&S
Wayne_Dohnal
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
http://www.generatorsales.com/triple-fuel-generators.asp

I don't know anything about them other than finding them when I was looking for a propane conversion. Ended up doing it myself because most of the conversions require sending in the Honda carb for modification and I didn't want to hassle with the shipping and downtime.

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