[TenTec] emergency power via generator

[Gary Hoffman]

This is a very interesting point.  Kind of ironic that I am allowed to have
a 1000 gallon propane tank 15 feet (and Uphill !!) from my house, but they
would limit gasoline storage to 5 gallons.  Ironic too that my 4 cars have
about 100 gallons of gas in them.

Anyway, what we do here since I have a large lot is I quietly store a few
(new) 6 gallon cans of gasoline about 350 feet from the house in a screened
off area.  No one seems to mind, and should they catch fire by some
miraculous method, there is nothing for them to burn.  Perhaps not quite
legal, but safe.

In the worst case, I'm sure no one would bother to care if you had the
generator full of fuel plus one or two cans of gas "for your lawnmower"
stored on the premises.  That would get you through at least 24 hours of
continuous use, more if you rationed it out.

Gary


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James C. Owen, III" <k4cgy_list at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] emergency power via generator


> Another thing to consider with the choice of gen sets. In the
> state of MD, unless it has changed and I didn't see it, The
> maximum amount of gasoline you're allowed to store in portable is
> 5 gallon's. That's about 8 hrs max for my generator. Of course if
> you have a underground tank, and this is getting hard to get
> permission to have, then things are different.  We're getting a
> little off TT discussions here but getting ready to move to a new
> house I find it very enlightening.
> 73 Jim K4CGY
>
> > >   The
> > > fuel never
> > > gets old.   [In Propane Tanks]
> >
> > This is really a major advantage, given the care needed to
> > store
> > gasoline/diesel with the modern pump blends.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Steve
> > K9ZW
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