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Generators have become a way of life here in Northern California, due to fire concern our power is shut of for any weather that my have wind involved. I was a self employed contractor until last year. The only gas powered generators I would even consider owning are Honda. I have 5500, 3500 and 2000 model, better than any other portable hands down. Are crap gas does a number on carbs, as mentioned before, drain the fuel out of the carbs and add fuel stabilizer. Out here on the left coast our fuel turns bad very quickly, I have resorted to running Sunoco race gas in all small equipment used on the property. So now that 6-10 day power outages are the norm, with 2 freezers full of meat, propane is the answer. I have a 500 and 2 250 gallon propane tank, that are tied together. I can’t store that much gas and keep it good for use. I put a 22kw on demand genset in and couldn’t be happier. It runs the whole house, ac and pool pumps as most of our outages are in the drier warmer time of year. It averages around 1.9 gph while running with our power demands. We always buy our propane in the summer when it’s at its best price, this august it was $1.27 per gallon.
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If I lived in California I would go with propane, in Alaska I would use gas or even gas with alcohol. Never had any issues using gas with alcohol and even prefer it in coleman stoves and lanterns as it burns cleaner.
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I'm in Florida and have a whole house propane standby Generac. It has seen a fair amount of use and is what I consider low maintenance. Just filled my tank yesterday with the highest priced propane I have bought yet. $2.79 per gallon. Thank you Mr. Biden.
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Our propane price here in winter is currently $1.87 per gallon in the summer it was $1.46. So you need a large tank like 1000 gal to take advantage of good prices. I have a 250 and a 1000 gal cap, La. is not that cold usually but with this polar vortex here now we use a lot with 2 greenhouses and 22kw gen set. If power does go out the gen runs and both boilers takes a lot. We’re blessed with what we have.