ADD Natural Gas to your Duel Fuel Firman WHO3242 Generator
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2023
- Testing the Firman WHO3242 duel fuel generator converson to natural gas.
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Natural gas (NG) has less energy-density than propane, and so the Firman's narrow 1/4" propane quick-connector restricts the NG flow too much, thereby restricting the maximum running-wattage to about 1800W, which is about 74% of the 2430W NG potential. Before I saw your video, I also tried feeding NG through the propane quick-connect. It's easy and convenient, but it restricted the power to about 1800W. So I internally (and reversibly) teed-in a 3/8" fuel line, and I can now run the generator on natural gas at about 2430W. I created a video (before I saw yours) on how to tee-in a 3/8" fuel line. Perhaps you'll find it useful.
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Thank you so much for this, I had been waiting for months for someone to figure if this would work or not. Can’t wait to see some load tests while on NG.
I did load testing. Natural gas (NG) has less energy-density than propane, and so the Firman's narrow 1/4" propane quick-connector restricts the NG flow too much, thereby restricting the maximum running-wattage to about 1800W, which is about 74% of the 2430W NG potential. Before I saw this video, I also tried feeding NG through the propane quick-connect. It's easy and convenient, but it restricted the power to about 1800W. So I internally (and reversibly) teed-in a 3/8" fuel line, and I can now run the generator on natural gas at about 2430W. I created a video on how to tee-in a 3/8" fuel line. Perhaps you'll find it useful.
czcams.com/video/nFavKuVAPTg/video.html&lc=Ugw9iWpg9lyh7wnCLfN4AaABAg
@@DaveRaveVideo Thank you very much for doing all this.
How will the Firman generator still run if you do not plug in the 12 volt signal for the factory flow regulator for the propane hook up ? Its next to quick disconnect for the propane inlet . Mine will not run on propane without the factory electric propane flow regulator . You still need the need a flow regulator for safety . ???????
Can you do this with any brand of generators? I have a Dual Fuel westinghouse 9500 that runs on gasoline and propane. Can I use the same type of regulator and plug it straight into the propane inlet?
You should be able to do this sort of conversion with any dual-fuel generator. Keep in mind, however, that natural gas has less energy density than propane, so feeding natural gas through a narrow (1/4") propane-quick connect will likely limit the maximum wattage of the generator to about 1800W on natural gas. On my Firman WHO3242 generator, I internally (and reversibly) teed-in a 3/8" fuel line, and I can now run the generator on natural gas at about 2430W. Following is a video that I created on how to do that.
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Will this method work on a larger generator as well. example: 7500 watt running generator? Thanks
Great. Have you dinner the load testing yet.
I did load testing. Natural gas (NG) has less energy-density than propane, and so the Firman's narrow 1/4" propane quick-connector restricts the NG flow too much, thereby restricting the maximum running wattage to about 1800W, which is about 74% of the 2430W NG potential. Before I saw this video, I also tried feeding NG through the propane quick-connect. It's easy and convenient, but it restricted the power to about 1800W. So I internally (and reversibly) teed-in a 3/8" fuel line, and I can now run the generator on natural gas at about 2430W. I created a video on how to tee-in a 3/8" fuel line. Perhaps you'll find it useful.
czcams.com/video/nFavKuVAPTg/video.html&lc=Ugw9iWpg9lyh7wnCLfN4AaABAg
Any load tests yet
I did load testing. Natural gas (NG) has less energy-density than propane, and so the Firman's narrow 1/4" propane quick-connector restricts the NG flow too much, thereby restricting the maximum running-wattage to about 1800W, which is about 74% of the 2430W NG potential. Before I saw this video, I also tried feeding NG through the propane quick-connect. It's easy and convenient, but it restricted the power to about 1800W. So I internally (and reversibly) teed-in a 3/8" fuel line, and I can now run the generator on natural gas at about 2430W. I created a video on how to tee-in a 3/8" fuel line. Perhaps you'll find it useful.
czcams.com/video/nFavKuVAPTg/video.html&lc=Ugw9iWpg9lyh7wnCLfN4AaABAg