[H] HURRICANE BERYL - Discussion Thread

Whoa...18z keeps Beryl a hurricane throughout the Caribbean and into the Gulf.

We were out about 2-3 months after K. Ran a Troybilt portable almost non-stop. Kept my biz going and provided enough with window units and judicial switching things on and off. Purchasing gas in 4-55gal tanks. I don't think I could handle that again at my age. Bought a tri-fuel last year and it runs fine on propane but haven't tested it on nat gas yet. Guess I need to get my butt in gear!

Definitely not liking these trends. Period. Still a long way to go, however. I'm afraid somewhere along the gulf coast (Mexico or US) will have to deal with a significant threat in the next week or so. 

Yeah, check how it runs on NG. U may need a different fitting (s)for the NG connector. We have whole house standby gens but mainly portables. We bought as many Predator gens as possible and keep them all basically generic. All of them were converted strictly to natural gas using US Carburetor Snorkel kits. Great product. I have heard of NG problems with some of the prebuilt tri fuels gens. Also keep in mind that NG produces the lowest BTUs out of all three fuels. We derate all peak power claims of gens about 20% due to BTU variation and hot humid air in which we operate down here. Humidity and heat displace combustion oxygen. Bottom line check it on NG. Hope this helps and u are fine.