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And right behind Irma is Tropical Storm Jose! Expected to possibly intensify into hurricane next week.'Irma' is coming !!!!!
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And right behind Irma is Tropical Storm Jose! Expected to possibly intensify into hurricane next week.'Irma' is coming !!!!!
I've found black plastic drums an excellent fuel storage solution. I prefer to buy ones used to transport cooking oils. They are easy to clean and any trace residual oil is no issue for the fuel system of the generator.Sold the genset on the trailer.
Looking at fuel storage options and spending $400 on a transfer tank just doesn't make sense. Craigslist has a couple of 55 gallon drums with locking lids and bungs, formerly used in spray polyurethane foam, for $10 each. Going to pick up 2x A side barrels and clean up. A side is MDI and pMDI. The recommended decontamination is flushing with water and fill with water for 48 hours, then dry thoroughly. Should be GTG after that.
Just make sure its not one used for coconut oil. I bought a metal 55 gal drum that was used for coconut oil and when I bought it in early spring (low temp) the coconut oil was like candle wax about 1/4" thick stuck to sides & bottom. I could have heated the drum to remove "most" of it but I wouldn't want to later use it to store generator diesel (I only needed it to store used motor oil). If any residual coconut oil made its way while warm & liquefied during the heat of summer and then later cooled in fall/winter, it could really gum up the works in a generator's fuel system. Perhaps there is some kind of solvent that could be used to flush coconut oil but that only adds to the cost of the drum, best to avoid. Peanut oil would seem to be the ultimate cooking oil to have mixed in with diesel.I've found black plastic drums an excellent fuel storage solution. I prefer to buy ones used to transport cooking oils. They are easy to clean and any trace residual oil is no issue for the fuel system of the generator.
It isn't any cheaper having it delivered either. BUT it is worth it to me not to have to haul cans. My 87 gallon delivery on Thursday came out to $2.59 per gallon after sales tax. they don't charge road tax but unless you are a farm for profit they charge sales tax. If I were to have one drum worth delivered it would cost even more.picked up a used amsoil 15w40 drum, filled it with regular diesel, ORD was only $0.30-0.40 cheaper and it was 20 miles away, not worth the trip.
Did you get the drum connected? Mine has been on 9 hours and the fuel gauge remains just under the full mark with aux connected.picking up a 250 gallon heating oil tank wednesday.
My generator has been running about 7 hours and gauge shows 1/2 tank left. Not running much, not even registering on the % gauge, but I'm liking the burn rate. I know I'd be burning more if the AC were on.
I haven't gone out to survey but we just had tropical storm force winds here so I think it's not too bad.Did you guys get much damage?
last week, when they canceled school...and we got 1/16 inch of snow....When is this snowpocalypse you speak of?
Ahhh! I thought your weather connection was seeing more in the future I wasn't getting.last week, when they canceled school...and we got 1/16 inch of snow....
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