- Location
- North Bellmore
1) One more question. I don't really want to store gas, however, I have a couple of cars. So what about the idea of siphoning out gas from my cars as needed during an outage. This way I can get as much gas as I need and it won't get stale...
Again, just looking for input. Seems like a 5 gallon full tank on the generator will last 8 hours, so I am thinking I probably will need a couple of days supply, so I am estimating about 50 gallons, so I could get that from a couple of cars during an emergency... Just thinking I don't want to store that much gas...
Also, using one of those fuel stabilizers, can gas stay sealed for 1-2 years. Otherwise, I can always, cycle it for my lawn mowers, etc.
Thank you,
- Larry
If you have a newer car, some of them have a device in the filler tube for the gas tank that blocks you from putting a siphon hose down into the tank so I would test that before you plan on using that as an alternative to multiple cans. The other alternative is that there is very rarely here in the NE no warning about any prolonged power outages dues to storms so you could keep one can full with stabilizer in it and have a few empty spares that you fill up when word of a storm is coming. If the storm passes and they are not needed just use them to fill the car and empty them again.
Also the rating for the generator gas usage is at a certain load percentage. If you figure out how much of a load will be on the generator, then you can determine how long the gas will really last. You can use a device like a Kill-A-Watt to see the amperage used for each device and then add them up to determine what the full load will be.
Post back here if you need more assistance I am sure I or someone else can help with that.
