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I'm thinking of getting a small (and ideally, if possible silent), diesel generator. Government now occasionally making noises about power rationing, so its seems a sensible idea. Any recommendations here, it doesn't need to have a massive output but obviously strong enough to power fridge freezer etc, short term.
 
Acerforestry said:
I'm thinking of getting a small (and ideally, if possible silent), diesel generator. Government now occasionally making noises about power rationing, so its seems a sensible idea. Any recommendations here, it doesn't need to have a massive output but obviously strong enough to power fridge freezer etc, short term.
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On the odd occasion I use my petrol 5kva welder/gen set to run what is needed. It is loud lol
 
Acerforestry said:
I'm thinking of getting a small (and ideally, if possible silent), diesel generator. Government now occasionally making noises about power rationing, so its seems a sensible idea. Any recommendations here, it doesn't need to have a massive output but obviously strong enough to power fridge freezer etc, short term.
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AFAIK, the "power rationing" you refer to only applies to home charging points to electric vehicles - it does not apply to any other electrical equipment in a home
In fact the "rationing" is simply a random 10 minute timer that will prevent a surge on the electricity grid at 6pm - the time when most EV chargers switch on
All new home charging units now have to be "smart" so they can be controlled remotely to implement this random delay.
If you still feel the need to buy a generator, the buy an inverter generator.
They are more expensive than traditional generators but produce much "cleaner" power reducing the risk of damage to a lot of modern electronics
Also, when it comes to small generators "silent" and "diesel" are mutually exclusive terms :)
You might want to consider a duel fuel generator than can run on both petrol and propane


Cheers

Bruce
 
mealiejimmy said:
AFAIK, the "power rationing" you refer to only applies to home charging points to electric vehicles - it does not apply to any other electrical equipment in a home
In fact the "rationing" is simply a random 10 minute timer that will prevent a surge on the electricity grid at 6pm - the time when most EV chargers switch on
All new home charging units now have to be "smart" so they can be controlled remotely to implement this random delay.
If you still feel the need to buy a generator, the buy an inverter generator.
They are more expensive than traditional generators but produce much "cleaner" power reducing the risk of damage to a lot of modern electronics
Also, when it comes to small generators "silent" and "diesel" are mutually exclusive terms :)
You might want to consider a duel fuel generator than can run on both petrol and propane


Cheers

Bruce
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Yes EV's are really good lol



 
After the last storms and 3-4 days with no power, I bought an 11.5kVA petrol generator - it’s not silent by any means, however, I bought a long enough cable and fitted an exterior tie in and switch over to my house and have needed to use it on 3 occasions since buying it - its fantastic!

The whole area can be in darkness and my house runs as normal, heating, TV’s, fridges etc.

It’s not as thirsty as you would think either - I just make sure I have a 20 litre Gerry can on hand just in case.

Regards,
Gixer
 
Only issue with generators now is fuel storage, petrol you can get aspen but what do you get to stop the diesel going funny.
Only thing worse than no genny in a power cut must be having one that wont start
 
I embrace powercuts, makes you realise you actually can live without 24/7 being connected to the grid 365 days a year
 
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Jake as far as I'm aware diesel and kerosene / paraffin (any heavy oil) have a considerable length of potential storage use, petrol as you say a no no and Aspen I have used in chainsaws in the past but gets a bit expensive really
 
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Power cuts wouldn't be so bad if you are prepared with backup power, not so good if you have a few hundred quids worth of food in fridges and freezers. If they keep dismantling the food supply the way it is occurring now, even trying to safeguard yourselves isn't going to work
 
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Power cuts wouldn't be so bad if you are prepared with backup power, not so good if you have a few hundred quids worth of food in fridges and freezers. If they keep dismantling the food supply the way it is occurring now, even trying to safeguard yourselves isn't going to work
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I understand that running a diesel generator can produce cheaper electricity than buying from the grid, but this assumes you already have a diesel generator or have amortised the cost of same over time.

Freezers and the like aren't normally too power hungry. The petrol generator we have is a small 3kva portable type, and run with petrol that isn't over a year old seems to have no issue. When we get an outage we isolate the power supply at the mains supply box, then plug it into an outside power outlet (- a waterproof type one). From that we can run all our freezers ( including two 5' chest freezers and an outside upright one as well as the kitchen double fridge freezer), our heating system pumps and biomass boiler, lighting and with spare for device charging, but not the kettle, but for which we can burn gas on the hob.

I've found with most small petrol engine driven devices that if you cut off the petrol supply (as often as not to a bowl beneath the carburettor) and let them run dry, then on the next occasion when the device is required it's a simple procedure to open up the fuel supply, open the choke and fire it up; the petrol seems to retain sufficient freshness when it stays all together, though we do use fresh petrol for mowing the grass. A splash of this year's vintage in with the petrol within the generator from the last time does no harm. To date I haven't found that the petrol loses so much volatility doing it this way, but you do indeed hear of horror stories about carburettor varnishing, etc. Good to give them a run occasionally in better times, just to keep them in serviceable condition for that less convenient instance.
 
I’ve often looked at my local ex MOD supply place (massive one in Honeypot Lane, Colsterworth) at their generators for sale and wondered - should I ? Got to be ready for the zombie apocalypse ! Trouble is the best value seem to be the larger ones on a trailer which look like they’d power the 4 houses in my close. Maybe get the neighbours to chip in …..
 
Acerforestry said:
I'm thinking of getting a small (and ideally, if possible silent), diesel generator. Government now occasionally making noises about power rationing, so its seems a sensible idea. Any recommendations here, it doesn't need to have a massive output but obviously strong enough to power fridge freezer etc, short term.
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More chance of getting a “quite” jet fighter
 
So let's get this in perspective. Them idiots want everyone in an EV but they are talking af power supply issues already 😆

Diesel! Today's diesel can not be stored long time without a fuel scrubber on the tank.
Because of a veg content it now goes a mould!
 
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