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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ray Clark" data-source="post: 520517" data-attributes="member: 31103">From above:  Propane here is running around $1.52 per gallon, maybe a little more.My assumption about propane use during an extended power outage, in the summer heat and running AC, would be an average of 2.5 - 2.7 gallons per hour.  If the outage is 5 days (120 hours), and average of 2.5 gph results in 120 hours X 2.5 gph = 300 gallons.Also from above, these are my current assumptions about fuel consumption rate.  I don't have the instrumentation to really measure fuel consumption.  I haven't suffered an extended outage during which I could watch the tank gauge over the course of several says.  The propane tank isn't the only appliance drawing on that tank.  My aux burner on the HVAC system is propane-fueled.  The shop building heat also draws from that tank.  There are things I could do to cut fuel consumption.  I could go into manual mode and only run the unit for reduced hours.  All depends on the situation.Generators will always cost more per unit of electricity than commercial power.</blockquote>