40kw Generator?
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mochadog70
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Yes it will work awesomely!! The generator will already be enclosed and mostly the noise will be from the exhaust which you could mod to be quitter. You will need a larger gas meter at the place to run it if you have it at a house. Most houses only come with a 3/4lb meter and you will need at least a 2lb meter. Most likely the utility company will have to replace the line from the main to the new meter to have enough gas flow to make this work, but other then that the thing could run for days at a time with no probs.
KongoBam
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Thanks for the response..
I think the house has a 3/4 like you were saying. How big a deal is that to get changed? Dollars wise?
Also gas is more than electricity so im curious to how much i can be expecting monthly from pg&e?
30,000 watts powered by gas could cost a lot it seems like.
KongoBam
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Here is the link to the generator im looking at...
http://mefast.com/generator/Guardian/Elite/167200/167200.html
http://mefast.com/generator/Guardian/Elite/167200/167200.html
That 5hit
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but whats the reason for the use of natural gas
are you thinking the power company would tell on your 30,000w grow but the gas company will not
your house or wherever you are growing will be drawing 30,000w worth of gas campared to you neighbaer who are only drawing enuff for a stove and heater
and arnt these gennerater used during a power outage but yet yours will be running ALL YEAR LONG 24/7
are you thinking the power company would tell on your 30,000w grow but the gas company will not
your house or wherever you are growing will be drawing 30,000w worth of gas campared to you neighbaer who are only drawing enuff for a stove and heater
and arnt these gennerater used during a power outage but yet yours will be running ALL YEAR LONG 24/7
KongoBam
Member
I am planning on using 12 hours a day. I talked to a couple people I know in construction and they said they are made for extended run time or 12hrs a day.
Im just looking into it, trying to figure out if its worth doing or not.
A diesel generator would run me 40 dollars a day. or 1200 a month in diesel. If i was to run 30 lights, my pg&e would be 4,000 a month so i can see the savings with diesel. noise isnt an issue it would be 20 feet underground. Exhaust is what im worried about...
That 5hit
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if you gat that type of bread why not look into makeing your own power
like a wind powered gen.
KongoBam
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redi jedi
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underground eh? I can see why your worried about the exhaust. Your going to have to hide the exhaust somehow. If the fuzz every scans your house/property with IR and sees hot exhaust coming outta the ground, its gonna raise a few eyebrows to say the least.
Now if you live somewhere hot and only run the genny during the day, it would be much harder to detect.
Also, natural gas costs 20 cents/m3, electricity is 7 cents/kWh around here anyways. My point being, I couldn't see you saving money going this route. You would have to figure out how many watts generated for every cubic meter burned.
One more thing, the link you posted said "minimum order of two units" just wondering if you noticed that.....
Now if you live somewhere hot and only run the genny during the day, it would be much harder to detect.
Also, natural gas costs 20 cents/m3, electricity is 7 cents/kWh around here anyways. My point being, I couldn't see you saving money going this route. You would have to figure out how many watts generated for every cubic meter burned.
One more thing, the link you posted said "minimum order of two units" just wondering if you noticed that.....
KongoBam
Member
It never get over 65 degrees here. I live in Humboldt county. IR is not a worry were i am. Exhaust would be in forest on my fenced property.
Only thing im worried about is cost for the natural gas. Or exhaust for diesel. Diesel is cheaper than electricity but idk if there is a way to clean the exhaust before it gets outside the house. The whole room has 2 foot thick concrete walls that are 20 feet underground.
Stays extremely cool all year around. i can't have people smelling the diesel exhaust!!
mochadog70
Active Member
Not knowing exactly where the main is and the distance from the main to your meter it would start around $4k. If you have some super long driveway the price is going to sky rocket very fast. Also you will have to submit a bunch of plans showing the need for this extra meter even though you are going to pay for it. Then lets say you get that all done they will not unlock the meter until you have an inspection on the gas piping. These items would cost a lot plus the time and having inspectors at your place would suck. If you're willing to go to this measure it might be easier to get some kind of out building on your property and have the power company install a new electrical meter and call that building a welding shop or something. You might also be able to get an electrician to add another meter to your house and call it a duplex. Then you could balance out the two meters so the power consumption is similar. No matter what way you go it's a long costly road with city officials involved. I would just go diesel to avoid all the headaches and when you exhaust it run it through a negative ion generator or something like that.