My New Boat Will Not Float......

But 22kw will power the entire house in a power outage......figured I needed the generator worse than a used aluminum boat......we are at the dead end of all the power in our subdivision....first to go out and last to come back on.....and we lose power a lot....past hurricanes as long as two weeks......older subdivision so lots of trees falling on lines in rain storms....no more running 100 foot wires and pulling the crank on my 5 kw generator.....reason it is so high is parish regulations require it to be above the newly revised 100 year flood....don't make sense to me either....I gotta wash the eaves and add a gutter just over the generator & a/c unit......

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Very nice. That should add a lot of peace of mind during storms.

Going to love it Bruce, installed mine a few months ago. Has come on twice since I have had it. Money well spent for the piece of mind if nothing else.

Thats a good one

That's nice Bruce. I know were I'm going when my power goes out. :)

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That's nice Bruce. I know were I'm going when my power goes out. :)

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you don't have to wait to come see me...........

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Originally Posted by RMGeorge

Very nice. That should add a lot of peace of mind during storms.

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got the peace of mind already...........

Very nice Bruce, lots of power there for sure.

I don't live in a hurricane zone, or even a tornado zone, but I have a backup too. I think y'all especially need them down there. Betcha you're resting a bit easier now, eh?!!

that's nice Bruce....was it difficult to get done?

Nice setup.......Just curious is it dual fuel or only natural gas?

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Originally Posted by midcarolina

Nice setup.......Just curious is it dual fuel or only natural gas?

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It does not run on electric. :biggrin

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Originally Posted by fishervet

that's nice Bruce....was it difficult to get done?

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Usually a one day job and these guys knew what they were doing......the only difficulty was writing the check......that was painful......if you are in a flood zone, you need a flood certificate (these guys took care of that for me).....they took care of the parish permits for plumbing (gas), electrical, and mechanical......

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Nice setup.......Just curious is it dual fuel or only natural gas?

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natural gas only......automatically starts and runs a test run for 5 minutes every Monday at 8 AM.........

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It does not run on electric. :biggrin

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or diesel.....or gasoline.....or propane.....

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Originally Posted by "D"

It does not run on electric. :biggrin

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Wow

Does it have a battery charger/maintainer? Just curious. I bought one for mine, but don't stayed plugged in. I figured with a hurricane coming, I'll plug in - only when I'm home. I jump start it with the truck on occasion.

Mine is a Generac just like Bruce's. It has a charging circuit to keep battery charged when it does it's weekly test run. I will go out and just fire it up and let it run for 30 minutes about once a month to make sure it stays charged.

Bruce, my installer explained to me that you can get an adapter for the flex line that will hook to a propane bottle. He said it will run good on propane but not have quite the power as NG. Be a real rare occasion to loose natural gas, but could happen in a bad flood given the right circumstances.

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Does it have a battery charger/maintainer? Just curious. I bought one for mine, but don't stayed plugged in. I figured with a hurricane coming, I'll plug in - only when I'm home. I jump start it with the truck on occasion.

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Don't know....have not even started reading all the paper work yet....but, I don't think so.....he did say they recommend replacing the battery every two years.....good thought Randy.....now you got my gears turning.....

The reason I asked was not to elicit a smart response from a mod! It was genuine curiosity, In the unfortunate event of a really bad storm I would think gas service could be interrupted.... certainly not an issue the vast majority of the time.

When Hugo strolled through Charleston we were without power and gas for more than 10 days.....

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The reason I asked was not to elicit a smart response from a mod! It was genuine curiosity, In the unfortunate event of a really bad storm I would think gas service could be interrupted.... certainly not an issue the vast majority of the time.

When Hugo strolled through Charleston we were without power and gas for more than 10 days.....

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He was making a joke....you got to know Danny.....sorry if you took it the wrong way

Hey MC,

Don't pay D no mine. He proberly missed his meds. :)

They will run on different fuels but have be set up for it. The carb has to have the proper jet.

Your right it is rare that the natural gas supply would be interrupted. Baton rouge is a tree city and Bruce's neighborhood is full of old growth trees.

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The reason I asked was not to elicit a smart response from a mod! It was genuine curiosity, In the unfortunate event of a really bad storm I would think gas service could be interrupted.... certainly not an issue the vast majority of the time.

When Hugo strolled through Charleston we were without power and gas for more than 10 days.....

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that's a real nice looking set up if the water gets up to that thing your going to be wishing you had got the boat for sure :)

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He was making a joke....you got to know Danny.....sorry if you took it the wrong way

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"ditto" on Danny making a joke......and like G said....you just got to know Danny.....also, sorry you were offended.....

Guess my funny bone is water logged from all the flooding around here....

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The reason I asked was not to elicit a smart response from a mod! It was genuine curiosity, In the unfortunate event of a really bad storm I would think gas service could be interrupted.... certainly not an issue the vast majority of the time.

When Hugo strolled through Charleston we were without power and gas for more than 10 days.....

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Stricly a joke. Certainly not meant to offend. Sorry.

that's a real nice looking set up if the water gets up to that thing your going to be wishing you had got the boat for sure :)

Congrats that's a nice looking genset. It's nice to have lifes normal comforts after a storm blows through. I went through a few while growing up on the Gulf Coast. I don't miss the storms or the mosquitoes.

sorry for double post

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that's a real nice looking set up if the water gets up to that thing your going to be wishing you had got the boat for sure :)

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Parish rules say it has to be one foot above the 100 year flood....if the water gets that high, I won't need a generator.....I will be long gone to the high country....

I sell those and yeah, you could have bought a real nice boat for one of those $$$$$

Has your new boat tested it self yet? Get that lovely artistic wife of yours to paint S S in front of generac.

And don't forget to put a CDC sticker on it. lol
"gene"