|
Anyone,
Our suburban home has experienced several power outages during the last
year, and we're considering the purchase of a home backup generator. The
longest outage we've had was three full days, but some of our neighbors have
had outages of up to five days (!). We have natural gas heat, but because of
the small size of our property, a permanently-installed generator is going
to prove very costly to install (if it's even possible, given the noise and
setback requirements in our town).
So I happened to be cleaning our grill today, which runs directly off a gas
pipe running outside of the house, and as I was disconnecting the hose for
the grill... I started to wonder. Is there such a thing as a natural gas
powered *portable* generator that I could wheel out of the garage and plug
directly into an exterior gas pipe? That would eliminate the need for many
permits, and would bypass many restrictions. The idea of running off natural
gas, rather than gasoline, has tremendous appeal to me.
Our house isn't large (3 bedrooms). My guess is that in an emergency
situation, we could get away with something like 9 or 10 KW. We would want
an electrician to install an exterior power receptacle running to a transfer
switch, so that I wouldn't have to run extension cords (and so that I could
power our forced-air furnace).
Does this concept make sense? I am a newbie at this, but after all these
outages, I am being forced to become an expert!
Thanks,
David
|
|
Natural gas powered *portable* generator?
