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We lost power again due to thunderstorms last night at around 8:30 PM. The power came back on around 7:00 AM this morning. The tank on my MEP003A was filled to the top when I started it. I refilled it this morning with 10 gallons of diesel at $5.36 a gallon which came to $53.60 for one 10-1/2 hour outage. I knew it would be an expensive option to run the generator, but it was very hot and humid and the wife was complaining and we had a lot of food in the freezer. At least the genset performed flawlessly as always. In the past the MEP003A has run 24/7 for over a week due to one severe outage. An outage like that would be extremely expensive today with current diesel prices. I normally use offroad diesel in the genset, but my source of offroad diesel fuel was closed this morning.
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