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   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  Ecnerwal   
    writes:   
      
   >There's plenty of China stuff available, but long-term parts support may   
   >be lacking. You may or may not care about that, but if you have a cheesy   
   >unit and it dies when you need it, it's not exactly saving you money -   
   >or at least that was my thought process.   
      
   The specific application I'm looking at is an apartment   
   complex (five buildins, 20 stories, about 800 apartments)   
   which doesn't have "real" backup power, but does have   
   a couple of rollable 5 kw or so gasoline units to let   
   them do some stuff.   
      
   (Note that this does NOT include moving the elevators...)   
      
   Anyway, I figured on dropping them a note to pick up   
   a diesel unit since... as we just got smacked in   
   our heads with... getting gasoline could easily be   
   a problem. On the other hand we've got thousands of   
   gallons of #2 heating fuel in our tanks, and for   
   the short term at least, that's cross compatable   
   with diesel fuel.   
      
   So with it really being a "spare" to the gasoline   
   units, it only has to be good, not great.   
      
   Of course, that's NOT what I'm going to tell them.   
      
   Still hoping for an inverter model... a diesel   
   version of the Honda EU series... or Yamaha's   
   similar line... drool...   
      
   Thanks to everyone.   
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