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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