sorry takes to long to do that on here. better to order instruction manual from company

I've been told that you can buy kits to convert regular gasoline fueled generators (like what you'd find in Home Depot or Lowes) to run off of natural gas.

I'd like to find one that already has this kit attached but if I can't, anyone know where to find these kits and what kind of Pro I should ask to attach it?

I don't need a whole house generator, just something to run a furnace blower fan or a fridge...

Thanks!

You can try this one. It runs on LP or NG. Hope this helps.

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Some of you are down right paranoid !
Hidden agendas, ulterior motives LOL !
I'll bet Victoria would know

I'm not a feminist but I can tell you this, it doesn't matter what size your home is what matters is how much a load you want to put on the generator. Will you be running bare necessities? Or will you want things up and running like normal? If it's short term it's best to run bare necessities, that's what we do here and we have a rather small gas generator.

We also want to know how to choose the size for a normal sized house with air conditioning running most of the time in summer.

There are many choices of generators that operate on Nat. Gas. First you must decide what appliances that must be on the generator. Add up all the nameplate ratings of these loads and any other lighting, computers etc. Motor loads generally draw up to 10 times the nameplate rating upon startup, so allow for this by doubling these loads and add to the total. Most generators in the 12KW range and up will have the transfer switch, time clock for exercise, auto start and other features. A weather proof enclosure or a fire proof shed is needed, along with two conduits from main panel to transfer switch. This generally is not something the average homeowner can do. Most electricians should be able to complete this for you.

I want to run my petrol electric generator from Natural gas to minimize fuel cost.

This is a great idea, and allows co-generation.

Cheap generators don't generally last long. Nice natural gas units cost thousands of dollars.

Co-generation is using the heat from the generator to do other tasks, like heating your home and/or hot water, giving great overall efficiencies.

I think eventually this will be commonly done, but not very economical right now.

Short term, Numbat is correct that fixing the carb should be enough to run the generator on natural gas. Google for other sources on natural gas in internal combustion engines for more info.

By the way, by code you cannot just hook the generator up to your house wiring. You have to get and wire in "approved isolation means" or a manual transfer switch to assure that you do not send power out to the power company, for safety reasons. You may also be required to notify your power company, which may require a seperate meter if you try to sell power back to them.

If natural gas is cheap enough compared to the cost of electricity, it might be much cheaper to generate your home electricity requirements with a natural gas motor/electric generator. I'm sure the gas companies would LOVE it if everyone did this! And, if everyone stopped buying electricity because this worked, the electric companies would have to lower their prices to compete!

I recently made a few rough calculations and figured it would be cheaper but the payback would be lengthy due to the investment.

natural gas generators are readily available but are going to cost $4-5k to be big enough for the whole house, even then you have to consider where you live and ac demand since this uses alot of power, although natural gas powered ac is available.

Even at my local rates of 4:1 gas versus electric, it was going to be a long payback.

Gas prices have risen since the "dash for gas" by generation companies eager for a quick buck on de-nationalization.

California basically generates almost all of the power within it's state with natural gas fired generators. There are emission reduction systems which achieve almost zero emissions, yet it isn't required to be that clean so the power generators don't use this technology. The best available emissions control technology should be used on this power generation equipment.

You have got your facts completely wrong.

Your statement is entirely incorrect!!!!!!!!!!

Even with the best of technology natural gas fired power plants emit millions of tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and make massive contributions to Global Warming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These plants are not zero emission plants by any stretch of the imagination!!!!!!!!!!!

Natural Gas fired power plants are not a sloution to the Global Warming problem by any stretch of the imagination.

I have natural gas service coming in one side of my house and my electric coming in the exact opposite side. I do not have easy access to get the gas line run across my basement to the other side of the house, though it could be done. The electric lines I could fairly easy run through my attic, though it seems like it might be expensive to run them all the way across the house. Any suggestions?

Put it in the back yard and you only have to run the wires half way.

I was wondering if a NG generator would be worth setting up to run my average sized home, and would it cost more than the electric company gets me for?

Your life cycle costs would be greater. Consider 1) initial cost of unit and its installation 2) maintenance of the unit. 3) reliability. You will have thousands invested before you begin to pay for gas. It will take a long time, if ever, to benefit.

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