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Have a look at AuroraGenerators.com

If it is diesel your looking at about 1 gallon per hour however likely you are not running at full load. You can expect to be using on average 0.5 gallons per hour on an Aurora Diesel Generator

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It depends on the frequency and the number of poles the generator has:

RPMS = 120 * Frequency / number of poles

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