Should I buy a gas or diesel
powered generator?

If you are considering purchasing a generator for power outages at your business or residence. There are some things you should consider before making your purchase.

1. Longevity

Gasoline powered generators have an engine life that is measured in 100's of hours.

Diesel generators measure their engine life in 1000's of hours.

2. Maintenance

Gasoline has a shelf life of approximately six months. If you leave gasoline in your generator for three months or more you will probably have to have the carburetor rebuilt due to gumming and shellacking caused by chemical additives in the gasoline.

Diesel fuel can last from 12 months to 3 years without breakdown by adding preservative additives.

3. Cost to Operate

Diesel generators use about half as much fuel as the equivalent gas powered generators. Saving you money on fuel costs.

Diesel generator fuel can usually be purchased for 40-50¢ a gallon (off road diesel without taxs) 0r home heating oil can be used also). Compare to gasoline at $1.10 to $1.40 a gallon.

4. Safety

Storing gasoline is extremely dangerous and in most cities and counties it is illegal. Most people storing Fuel for generators store from 50-100 gallons of fuel in their garage or shed. Gasoline is extremely flammable, and under pressure 1 gallon of gasoline is the same a s a stick of dynamite. Do you really want to live that close to such a highly volatile substance?

In addition, if you are using your generator to heat and provide power to your house, gasoline generators will run out of fuel during the night. At about 3am, someone will need to go outside in the cold with a flashlight and pour more gasoline into a very hot generator. Any spill has the potential to be ignited by the hot exhaust, or the spark plug when starting the generator back up. This is an extremely dangerous situation that could also ignite the surrounding area, the home, even the person operating the generator.

Because of diesel generators low fuel consumption and use of a direct spray injector system instead of ignition, the potential for a serious mishap is greatly reduced.

Gasoline generators are made primarily for use in construction where someone is nearby to watch and maintain the generator in case of malfunction.

Summation

Genex Power Equipment highly recommends that when purchasing a generator for emergency power and heating, that you consider the above before making a decision between gas or diesel. Be assured that with a diesel generator you will have bought a machine that will serve your emergency power needs safely and reliably for many years to come.

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We encourage our customers to be well informed. Feel free to search our competitors sites so that you know the true value & quality of the merchandise we offer to you at these prices that can't be beat. If you find one of our generators at lower price on the internet we will match or beat the price guaranteed.