Just runs on regular gas. Gasoline generators are quite common around here. It's not very often that you need to use one but it's good to have one when you need it. The neighbor behind me is still running his. When it's cold out you have to have the furnace on (frozen pipes) and keep the fridge working too.
Sounds like y'all got it worse than we did with the ice. We went relatively unscathed this year.
You forgot the NORTH in there, Wichita Falls is on the north border basically. Somebody noth from Texas might think you mean Weatherford.
Speaking of that, I might wind up with a small Generac in my renewable setup after all. We've had 4 years consecutively of serious ice storms and couldn't figure out a way of keeping the windmills and solar panels unfrozen without draining the main batteries. If the windmills are frozen up and cloud cover for several days I won't have any generation of electricity and don't want to pull from the grid (which probably wouldn't be an option anyway if it's out). So now I have to draw up a way of keeping the windmills warm and ice off the panels. My only problem is how the F do you keep a windmill warm
Hmm neat. Idk how I'd keep the motor/etc of a windmill warm with it but it puts me in the right direction. If I can somehow automate this to turn on at a specific temperature or threshold that'd be good. Adding to my sheet and will need to look further. I think if I can keep the windmills going with the wind we normally have during these storms it might be enough to cover for the panels and not need a generator. I'd need to recalculate efficiency numbers etc for a snap freeze. I suppose at 4-6 grand a piece if I keep adding one year by year I won't have to worry about it lol.
I would need to make an automated system for it because I wouldn't need it to turn on automatically at 32f. It would be more to keep the precipitation accumulation off so there isn't a thick layer of snow or ice on either.
