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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5208 on: September 16, 2021, 10:36:24 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on September 16, 2021, 10:17:16 AM
No natural gas here. We are having a 500 gallon propane tank installed to power the Generac.
thats a really big tank
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5209 on: September 16, 2021, 10:38:41 AM »
just an average tank around here, but we use them for heating fuel and water heaters

more reliable that the city gas line, because you're in control of keeping it full

probably keep a small generator going for a month
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5210 on: September 16, 2021, 10:40:44 AM »
Zero reliability issues with natural gas lines here.  I much prefer it over propane, because I don't have to keep my tank full.

I even converted over our propane grill in the outdoor kitchen, to natural gas.  I don't use it, but the i s c & a aggie wife likes to grill veggies and kabobs on it from time to time.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5211 on: September 16, 2021, 10:40:50 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 16, 2021, 10:38:41 AM
just an average tank around here, but we use them for heating fuel and water heaters

more reliable that the city gas line, because you're in control of keeping it full
not too big for a main power source but for backup it seems a bit much
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5212 on: September 16, 2021, 10:42:08 AM »
yup, city gas lines are pretty reliable, but in places like Texas and Florida where they're not prepared for sub-zero temps, valves could freeze
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5213 on: September 16, 2021, 10:43:18 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on September 16, 2021, 10:40:44 AM
Zero reliability issues with natural gas lines here.  I much prefer it over propane, because I don't have to keep my tank full.

I even converted over our propane grill in the outdoor kitchen, to natural gas.  I don't use it, but the i s c & a aggie wife likes to grill veggies and kabobs on it from time to time.
never had a problem with natural gas either

our house heating uses it 
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5214 on: September 16, 2021, 10:44:11 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 16, 2021, 10:42:08 AM
yup, city gas lines are pretty reliable, but in places like Texas and Florida where they're not prepared for sub-zero temps, valves could freeze
again this has never happened to me
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5215 on: September 16, 2021, 10:46:57 AM »
well, what happened to your grid last winter had never happened either

that's why folks are buying generators
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5216 on: September 16, 2021, 10:48:14 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 16, 2021, 10:42:08 AM
yup, city gas lines are pretty reliable, but in places like Texas and Florida where they're not prepared for sub-zero temps, valves could freeze
We just experienced our worst case scenario in February, and my city natural gas flowed strong and plentiful the entire time.  Good thing too, because at one point I had 4 families camped out in my home.

Some of the natural gas based power plants had issues, though.  They should probably correct those.  There are natural gas-fired power plants all across the midwest and northeast, so they should probably follow whatever their procedures are for proper winterization.


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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5217 on: September 16, 2021, 10:49:09 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 16, 2021, 10:46:57 AM
well, what happened to your grid last winter had never happened either

that's why folks are buying generators
Even with what happened last winter, city natural gas had no issue.  I mean, I suppose it could happen again, but I hear the globe is warming so probably not.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5218 on: September 16, 2021, 10:53:44 AM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5219 on: September 16, 2021, 11:55:12 AM »
I have not seen anything as of late on what Texas is doing to avoid the cluster f**k

we had last Feb

I hope they are hard at it
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #5220 on: September 16, 2021, 12:40:36 PM »
hah, they are hard at milking the system for dollars
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« Reply #5221 on: September 16, 2021, 12:47:23 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on September 16, 2021, 11:55:12 AM
I have not seen anything as of late on what Texas is doing to avoid the cluster f**k

we had last Feb

I hope they are hard at it

They identified multiple points of failure in the winterization, way back in April.  I have no idea in what ways they have addressed those failures.
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