<VV> Re: MY TAKE ON GENERATORS very slight corvair

[N2VZD at aol.com]

just moving into a new house i am thinking generator also. i have had a  
noisey 7500 watt unit for 30 years and like you have electric well ,propane  
furnace , etc etc.  i plan on a propane powered unit in a box this  time, so gas 
wont sour and oil stays cleaner longer. i listened to one at  home depot ,that 
sounded very quiet to me, it was 10kw.
 i use outboard marine tanks and connectors on mine so i can change  tanks 
while running.  i use the same tank with a hose that includes a  primer ball 
when bench running corvair engines. i put fuel stabilizer in all the  gas used 
for the generator.
i still have my noisey one here but it needs cleaning up and repainting now  
after a short stint of bad storage in a barn.  other thoughts are to put a  
better muffler system on it and build a box with a good fan in it for  cooling.
they do run hot. my old installation was  a room under a deck that was  good 
size and that graingers 7.5kw unit really warmed that room up until i  plugged 
a box fan into it to move the air around, plus i ran it with the door  open 
after that episode.  i went to change gas  (on a very cold day  even) and that 
room was alarmingly hot. maybe i should build a corvair powered  unit with 
propane conversion?
so that just my input... good luck.  spend it now so its right the  first 
time...???
regards, tim colson    in the SNOW  belt..