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Petrol or Diesel

  • 24-05-2013 7:09am
    #1
    sammi2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭


    Hi, can anyone advise me on this please. I am starting up a mobile coffee unit and am thinking of getting a generator - by law should I buy a petrol or diesel generator?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Obro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Obro


    sammi2012 wrote: »
    Hi, can anyone advise me on this please. I am starting up a mobile coffee unit and am thinking of getting a generator - by law should I buy a petrol or diesel generator?
    Thanks

    You can get really quiet diesel ones. They will be alot more economical than petrol. You will find on E bay or Done deal quite easily. I know someone with a not so busy chip wagon and he used about €18 of petrol a day so diesel is the way to go.


  • #3
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    It'll cost you more to buy a silent diesel genny , but ... Diesels doesn't burn ... At the drop of a match , much safer if youre refilling , or something happens... Get armoured cable too , to go from genny to coffee machine

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Diesel should be a lot cheaper to run if you can get marked gas oil / marine diesel / whatever you are allowed to buy as long as it's not used in a vehicle.

    If you were running a chipper you could possibly use waste oil, and use the smell for advertising. Recycled food oil might be something to consider if you want a bit of greenwashing, but make sure it's properly prepared or you may ruin the generator.


    The main power usage for a coffee machine is heating. A generator is close to the least efficient way of doing this. If you could get a coffee machine that uses fuel to heat or can take hot water from a fuel based heater that would be a much better use of fuel.

    Moka pots and things could run on a hotplate.


  • #5
    shagal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭shagal


    I think lpg powered gennys is gonna become manditory this year as its cleaner burning etc


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