OT: Battery backup

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Schwartz" <mschw at athenet.net>
>
>> > One thing I've always wondered: how does one store gasoline, if you
>> > rarely have to use the generator? How much do you store, how do you store
>> > it, what happens if you don't use it for a long time?
>> 
>> I fill a 5-gallon tank, then use it for my lawn mower and snow blower
>> if I don't need to run my generator.
>> 
>> I pour some of it into a 1/2 gallon container so that it is easier to
>> handle when filling small engines.
>
>Or, you get a diesel generator, or a gasoline one jetted for propane/LPG; 
>neither of those fuels degrades appreciably.

Diesel fuel is subject to growing mold, something I learned when
I had a 20ft Mercedes straight truck to haul race cars.

Bill
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