How many hours can you run your generator on a gallon of gas?

We shall soon find out.... Our Christmas experiment in 2009 suggests we might get three hours out of it, which would mean tonight and tomorrow night. We've got some other gas in the barn with ethanol in it, so we'll have to decide whether to risk that if we can't get out by Sunday.

How long does yours run on a gallon?

Mine has a 1.7 gal tank, and I've never run it fully empty, but have gotten at least 4 hours on a tank.

After having experienced one 3-day power outage just before Christmas, I feel for the 2 of you. At least we could get into town by driving down the driveway in 4-wheel drive.

It is an experience that I enjoy with the quiet of no TV or the buzz of the frig and heater systems.

Enjoy while you can, the real world will be on your door step soon.

Do you have any Stabil fuel stabilizer around? I struggle to find ethanol-free fuel near my forest place. I just dump in Stabil and my generator runs like a dream. Without it, my generator is unhappy and sputters/dies unless the fuel is right out of the pump. (My little generator is 30 years old though . . . don't know if that is better or worse with regards to the ethanol content.)

My father has recommended to get in the habit of always adding Stabil to the fuel at that place, regardless of whether I will use it within a week or not - the humidity levels are so high (at least during the winter rains.) Maybe you already do; but I noticed an immediate difference in my generator's performance.

That ethanol issue is a real pain. We regularly lose power out here in the southern Indiana boondocks, too. Here's hoping you get yours back soon. All that snow on top of the flood must make things really...interesting.