Electricity needs when the grids down.

[kellys_eye]

Quote:Even having marine fish and exotic pets can get you special treatment.

Interesting - I didn't know that. Doesn't cover cold water fish I suppose?

Anyhoo - I assessed our power needs and found we could cope with well under 750W to run lighting, ignition for gas heating, comms and entertainment so got a pair of 750W IG (inverter generators, one for spare!) that should keep us going quite a while. Their consumption is minimal - especially given our low load requirement; we can get down to ~100W without too much inconvenience and 'zero' would be well manageable. Well, it would have to be, wouldn't it!!!

The idea I have is to have a limit on fuel use and work to that as the main component of electricity use around the property. Storing 100 litres isn't difficult - KEEPING it usable is....

1 litre/day for the 750W sets is the aim..... that works out at under (well under) 1kW/hr but as small as that seems it is a properly manageable level.

I've also got a larger petrol genset (3.5kW - says 5kW but I'm always edging on the safe side) that I've just purchased an LPG conversion kit for. Anyone got experience of gensets running LPG??? I know the power output is lower but I'm more concerned for the cr@p they call 'petrol' these days and have had enough issues with gummed up carbs on garden tools as it is. The genset runs 50% load at 0.85kg/LPG/hour so a couple of 47kg bottles is easily stored and will last long enough for the freezers to keep their stock.

Recommendations for fuel preservatives would be useful if anyone has input?

Got lots of ideas/thoughts/questions on power etc but will peruse the rest of this thread before rabbiting on.