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The power company blanketed our area the last few months with fiber internet. Them cutting all trees 25ft either side of those existing line ROWs really made a difference with our recent ice storm last 2 nights. Power didnt even blink. I’ve been contemplating about a 15kw propane genset just to run the basics.
Get a 22KW or 24KW. You will be glad you did. It's the same with a tractor, better to have a little more power than you need instead of almost enough. Ours is a 22KW Generac and we have an all electric house (except heating) and ours doesn't strain even during full time A/C season. My neighbor one mile up the road has a 17 and strains the guts out of his.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."
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Back on the grid. 4 hours. Hardly worth bring out the generator, 'cept it's 23f out right now.
Ours is a dual fuel portable. 8500 watts. Plumbed into the house propane. Works fine.
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I picked this up cheap with a 3 cylinder Kubota engine .
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Second time this year. Not a bad investment.
Ice/snow storm. Power company says 24 hours, but I'm guessing it's their default time frame until they sort out the cause.
Unless you are using an Inverter type generator, be cautious with your flat screen TVs and computers or anything with a non-linear power supply. They are very sensitive to out of hertz voltages. I use a tractor powered 15KW generator with a Hertz meter plugged in and set throttle to 60.1 Hz to allow for a little sag.
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Go to the generac web page. You can figure the equipment you want to run and what size generator you need. I just had a 22 kw installed. Should meet my power needs. Hasbeen
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A Winco tractor PTO crate generator takes care of my electricity needs in a power outage.
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We've been there, stay warm!
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A Winco tractor PTO crate generator takes care of my electricity needs in a power outage. Been looking to buy one of their 27k single phase PTO generators. But they have been backordered ever since hurricane season...
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The Windco bought at late at night April 75. A late season ice storm knocked out the power after we had many days in January after a big blizzard.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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A Winco tractor PTO crate generator takes care of my electricity needs in a power outage. Been looking to buy one of their 27k single phase PTO generators. But they have been backordered ever since hurricane season... That is the size I have, one of my better investments.
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That'd be a nice one!
Ours will run a lot, we don't start the 3 horse water pump until all the other motors are going.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I have 8500/13,500 B&S gas generator. I have a disconnect switch and can plug the generator into the house, and not have to worry about back feeding down the line. My house has gas logs in the den, and they heat up most of the area we use, so I don't have to worry about heat. I can keep 2 freezers, and 2 fridges, plus water heater, and TV and some lights on, with ease. We cook with gas, so that's no worry there. I have run it in hot weather, and can run the central A/C, along with fridges and freezers. Would buy a PTO generator if I found one cheap enough.
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Go to the generac web page. You can figure the equipment you want to run and what size generator you need. I just had a 22 kw installed. Should meet my power needs. Hasbeen Generacs are on backorder most places, My Generac man says 25 to 30 weeks, Northern was saying 90 days. Been that way since the hurricanes and the California fires. If you have a Generac, be sure to check the oil every day. My 22 KW holds a little less than 2 qts. including the filter and easily uses a pint in 48 hours. I know of a few cases where they ended up with no oil on the stick or shut down due to low oil pressure. My neighbor up the road kept restarting his until it wouldn't restart. Cost a bunch to get it going again. Also watch the air intake, it can stop up with leaves and the engine doesn't cool too well.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
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Second time this year. Not a bad investment.
Ice/snow storm. Power company says 24 hours, but I'm guessing it's their default time frame until they sort out the cause.
Unless you are using an Inverter type generator, be cautious with your flat screen TVs and computers or anything with a non-linear power supply. They are very sensitive to out of hertz voltages. I use a tractor powered 15KW generator with a Hertz meter plugged in and set throttle to 60.1 Hz to allow for a little sag. I researched it. It's got a low THD and frequency is very stable under load.
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Second time this year. Not a bad investment.
Ice/snow storm. Power company says 24 hours, but I'm guessing it's their default time frame until they sort out the cause.
Unless you are using an Inverter type generator, be cautious with your flat screen TVs and computers or anything with a non-linear power supply. They are very sensitive to out of hertz voltages. I use a tractor powered 15KW generator with a Hertz meter plugged in and set throttle to 60.1 Hz to allow for a little sag. I researched it. It's got a low THD and frequency is very stable under load. That is very smart on your part. Most never worry about that till the picture on the flat screen starts getting wavy 4 or 5 weeks after the power outage.
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Second time this year. Not a bad investment.
Ice/snow storm. Power company says 24 hours, but I'm guessing it's their default time frame until they sort out the cause.
Unless you are using an Inverter type generator, be cautious with your flat screen TVs and computers or anything with a non-linear power supply. They are very sensitive to out of hertz voltages. I use a tractor powered 15KW generator with a Hertz meter plugged in and set throttle to 60.1 Hz to allow for a little sag. I researched it. It's got a low THD and frequency is very stable under load. That is vey smart on your part. Most never worry about that till the picture on the flat screen starts getting wavy 4 or 5 weeks after the power outage. My power is so unstable when it's working, I've got line conditioners on all my electronics, including washer and dryer, refrigerator, etc. Power surges all the time.
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The Windco bought at late at night April 75. A late season ice storm knocked out the power after we had many days in January after a big blizzard. That looks ferocious. Careful not to melt any wiring!
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I picked this up cheap with a 3 cylinder Kubota engine . Awesome
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