[Novalug] UPS/Generators

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Tue Jul 17 22:08:12 EDT 2012


If you follow the building codes, you don't have to worry about venting the
exhaust.  If you don't follow code, don't ask for Federal relief if you burn
your house down...

Jay

> On 7/15/2012 10:16 PM, John Place wrote:
>> Ok, perhaps I should have not used "single point of failure" I guess
>> what I was referring to is trading one public service for another.
>
> Two Points:
>
> [1] When was the last time you have heard of a Gas Company outage? True,
> the delivery system can break, but that's pretty rare.
>
> [2] Ever been to The Country? See those Big Cylinders lying on their
> side? They are filled with Liquid Petroleum or Liquid Natural Gas. They
> get refilled every so often from trucks.
>
> A LP/LNG Generator seems like a Good Idea to me!
>
> JIM
>
> P.S. Whatever you get, Be Sure To Vent Your Exhaust!
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 07/15/2012 04:18 PM, Jay Hart wrote:
>>> Are buying buying one generator, or two. If only one, don't you also have a
>>> single point of failure (SPoF)?
>>>
>>> For home use, SPoF are going to occur everywhere.
>>>
>>> Jay
>>>
>>>> <Disclaimer>
>>>> I know very little about natural gas
>>>> </Disclaimer>
>>>>
>>>> If a person was designing a backup power solution, is using natural gas
>>>> trading one single point of failure for another?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
>>
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