Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >> A generator would keep the fridge and freezer cold. There ia no way we
> >> can use it for a bi-pap machine and an oxygen concentrator. Have a
> >> bottle of oxygen, but need power for the bi-pap machine. DH's blood
> >> oxygen drops precariously without the bi-pap.
>
> We don't have a place to put one out of the weather. We would have to
> expose our garage to wind and rain to keep a genset there and then the
> cord would have to be a few hundred feet long. Not viable according to
> experts.

Essentially all residential standby gensets come with their own weather
housings and just sit on a concrete pad outside. You are thinking of
portable contractor type generators and that is not what I am referring
to at all.

>
> Please don't tell me about generators. I have more hands-on experience
> than you do.

I'm sorry, but you don't. I've worked with commercial standby generators
100KW and up in data center environments since 1995. I have managed
projects to install some of these generators as well.

> I lived in an RV with a 3,000K propane genset and a whole
> house 2,000W inverter on a battery bank of 4 golf cart batteries. I know
> much more about the ventilation of these things than you appear to.

RV class generators are not in the same class as commercial standby
generators at all.

The standby generators I have extensive experience are 100KW and up, in
several sites I deal with there are multiple MW of gensets, paralleling
switch gear and 20,000 gal+ of diesel supply.

>
> I have consulted experts and had them in my home to look at the problem.
> I've tried being nice, but you evidently have a need to treat me like I
> was some kind of moron. Save your lectures for someone who needs them.

There is a new class of residential standby gensets that has mostly
appeared in the last decade that you and those experts you have
consulted are apparently not aware of. They have the same weather housed
mount on concrete pad outdoors design as the commercial standby units,
but they are LP/Nat. gas i.e. gaseous fueled (most commercial are
diesel), and available in smaller sizes and packaged with smaller
transfer switches for residential use.

In short, I am not treating you like a moron as you seem to feel, I am
making you aware of a class of generators that you are apparently not
aware of. They are also not from some obscure and questionable company,
below are links to these generator lines from three major respected
generator manufacturers.

Generac Guardian series residential automatic standby generators (8KW to
60KW):
http://www.generac.com/Residential/G...ardian_Series/

Kohler residential automatic standby generators (8.5KW to 100KW):
http://www.kohlerpower.com/residenti...Number=13 561

Cummins Onan residential automatic standby generators (12KW to 100KW):
http://www.cumminsonan.com/residenti...ts/homestandby