forum thread Posted by akk944 • Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024 11:20 PM
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forum thread Posted by akk944 • Oct 14, 2024
Oct 14, 2024 11:20 PM
13,000 Watt Dual Fuel Portable Generator DuroStar DS13000MX 999 PREODER - DECEMBER DELIVERY! $999
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Milton survivors here also. This was my strategy after going through Ian. Since it's just 2 adults in the house, we can live without some essentials like hot water (the tank will keep the water warm-ish for a few days) and using the range or dryer. I opted for the Wen 8750 inverter with a bunch of 20lb tanks. Also installed an Easy Start for the A/C (3.5 ton) and was able to easily run it on this generator. When the A/C is not running, the generator goes into ECO mode and uses way less fuel. IMO it's worth spending more to go inverter and conserve fuel. 4 days without power and I only used 3.5 20lb tanks of propane (a few were exchanges, so only 15 lbs in them to start). We ran it about 12-14 hours a day and shut it down at night. I was strict with the A/C, only running it when the humidity starting getting higher, and turning it off otherwise (we generally run our A/C at 82 in the summer).
Hope this helps someone prepare for the next storm. Otherwise, sorry for my unsolicited advice
Milton survivors here also. This was my strategy after going through Ian. Since it's just 2 adults in the house, we can live without some essentials like hot water (the tank will keep the water warm-ish for a few days) and using the range or dryer. I opted for the Wen 8750 inverter with a bunch of 20lb tanks. Also installed an Easy Start for the A/C (3.5 ton) and was able to easily run it on this generator. When the A/C is not running, the generator goes into ECO mode and uses way less fuel. IMO it's worth spending more to go inverter and conserve fuel. 4 days without power and I only used 3.5 20lb tanks of propane (a few were exchanges, so only 15 lbs in them to start). We ran it about 12-14 hours a day and shut it down at night. I was strict with the A/C, only running it when the humidity starting getting higher, and turning it off otherwise (we generally run our A/C at 82 in the summer).
Hope this helps someone prepare for the next storm. Otherwise, sorry for my unsolicited advice
But you discovered the dirty little secret - propane might burn cleaner and store indefinitely, but you don't get a long run time and running continuously is difficult. It's not suggested that you refill gas on the fly but it's possible. You'll get a longer runtime out of gas anyway.
And as for true 240V appliances, yeah don't use them. You can get by for a bit without using the electric range (I use a grill with a side burner), electric oven (save the baking competition for later) or electric dryer (hang clothes out or just plain don't do laundry). The only basic must for 240V is a well pump (if you have one) but that runs intermittently. You can run whole house AC but it's going to be a huge current draw. Most people in storm prone areas don't run whole house AC when they have a utility outage and instead run window units.
The theme is the generator is there just to get you by/make the situation more livable/prevent food waste. These sorts of generators are not really intended to be "life as usual" devices. If you want that, get a whole home standby and run it off NG.
For Westinghouse the Wgen11500tfc has 5% thd as well
if you need 3% go with an inverter
Milton survivors here also. This was my strategy after going through Ian. Since it's just 2 adults in the house, we can live without some essentials like hot water (the tank will keep the water warm-ish for a few days) and using the range or dryer. I opted for the Wen 8750 inverter with a bunch of 20lb tanks. Also installed an Easy Start for the A/C (3.5 ton) and was able to easily run it on this generator. When the A/C is not running, the generator goes into ECO mode and uses way less fuel. IMO it's worth spending more to go inverter and conserve fuel. 4 days without power and I only used 3.5 20lb tanks of propane (a few were exchanges, so only 15 lbs in them to start). We ran it about 12-14 hours a day and shut it down at night. I was strict with the A/C, only running it when the humidity starting getting higher, and turning it off otherwise (we generally run our A/C at 82 in the summer).
Hope this helps someone prepare for the next storm. Otherwise, sorry for my unsolicited advice
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If you can convince yourself that 82 is comfortable, you probably don't even need a backup generator.
There are separate pages @ Duromax for each unit. The EH is advertised as "Available exclusively at Amazon". That said, just looking at the machines they are different. The EH seems to have a busier panel with more connection options, if any of those are worth it to you.
https://www.duromaxpowe
https://www.duromaxpowe
MX has:
- push button start, digital multimeter, battery tender
EH has:Eyeing the other specs they seem identical except the MX is not CARB compliant (CA) whereas the EH is.
EH has copper windings, MX is aluminum.
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