So much to hurricane Maria, local weather swears it won't come nowhere near us.
Where have I heard that before.
This may be a strange question, are everybody's nerves as frayed as they seem to be at my house?
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So much to hurricane Maria, local weather swears it won't come nowhere near us.
Where have I heard that before.
This may be a strange question, are everybody's nerves as frayed as they seem to be at my house?
@Robino1 - You and your hubby may want to take a cheaper route...yet still have some A/C after a hurricane. Several neighbors have 2 generators and 1 of the little window A/C units. 1 generator they used for running their refrigerator/freezer, a small coffee maker, a couple fans, and a light or 2. The other generator they used only for running the little window A/C unit they put in 1 window of their master bedroom. Was easy to do...only required taking the screen out of the window and sliding the unit in. They all said it kept them very comfortable!
As far as generators - We have a Troy Built 3550 generator that we bought after Charley, Frances, and Jeanne, and just stored it until it was needed last week. Our house is like a big duplex or a house & smaller MIL house (total 4000 sq. ft. living area). It ran Mom's 18 cu. ft. fridge, a fan, and a light for her, and my 21 cu. ft. side-by-side fridge or 5 cu. ft. deep freezer, a large fan, and phone/mod charger. I used a battery operated lantern and flashlights. I'd run my fridge for about 8-10 hours, then the deep freezer for about 3-4 hours, to not put stress on the generator. Never had the least bit of thawing of anything doing it that way! The generator has just a 4 gallon gas tank and we'd get between 9-11 hours use on a tank!
4 neighbors bought the Generac 5500 generators from Lowe's and ran their fridge, small deep freezer, couple fans, and a light or 2, various chargers at times, and a TV with no problem.
Just something to think about before you go the whole house generator way, considering the high cost of it.
As far as generators - We have a Troy Built 3550 generator that we bought after Charley, Frances, and Jeanne, and just stored it until it was needed last week. Our house is like a big duplex or a house & smaller MIL house (total 4000 sq. ft. living area). It ran Mom's 18 cu. ft. fridge, a fan, and a light for her, and my 21 cu. ft. side-by-side fridge or 5 cu. ft. deep freezer, a large fan, and phone/mod charger. I used a battery operated lantern and flashlights. I'd run my fridge for about 8-10 hours, then the deep freezer for about 3-4 hours, to not put stress on the generator. Never had the least bit of thawing of anything doing it that way! The generator has just a 4 gallon gas tank and we'd get between 9-11 hours use on a tank!
4 neighbors bought the Generac 5500 generators from Lowe's and ran their fridge, small deep freezer, couple fans, and a light or 2, various chargers at times, and a TV with no problem.
Just something to think about before you go the whole house generator way, considering the high cost of it.
Good to know!! Ultimately, it will be hubby's choice on which way we go. Remember, he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO incredibly grumpy without AC. Me, I spend most of my day outside under the shade LOL. Heat doesn't bother me as much. The noise of the generators in the neighborhood is what kept me awake those nights. I actually closed windows while hubby slept out by the pool to catch some breeze.
I'd rather invest in a generator at this point.Ever think about metal detecting after a big storm,your in the right place I think
Knew of a fella that parked one of those hybrid cars behind his place for blackouts... Bought a converter and plugged it into the house. Nice and quiet with a 13gal fuel tank.
I have a a 4000 watt Workhorse from Northern that has never let me down. I treat the gas with the blue stuff, Startron gas treatment. It really keeps the ethenol in check. When I'm done using the genny I close the gas petcock and let it run out of gas. That empties the float bowl in thr carb and prevents any chance of the works gumming up. Other than that I just roll it into the shed and let her sit. Of course there is always the chance that the carb might gum up so when I found out the replacement carbs were only $20 I went ahead and orderd 4 of em. Keep in a box in the tool room just in case.
So much to hurricane Maria, local weather swears it won't come nowhere near us.
Where have I heard that before.
This may be a strange question, are everybody's nerves as frayed as they seem to be at my house?
A few weeks ago I found it on sale for 4.00 at a local hardware store 12 or 16 oz can't remember got 2
Absolutely correct. Too many people attempt this job on their own to save money and either kill somebody or burn their house down. And if the house burns down because of backfeeding not done by a licensed professional the insurance company has the right to refuse payment.If you do that incorrectly you can bump off a lineman,all 3 lines from the pole need to be disconnected NOT just the two hot ones it's best to use a transfer switch made for the job
Illegal Backfeeding
Backfeeding is a dangerous practice that is illegal in many localities. If you backfeed your home’s electrical system and injure or kill a worker, you will be held liable and accountable, and more than likely will be criminally prosecuted for your actions. Further, even if no one is injured, if the utility finds that you are backfeeding their lines, you may be subject to fines or the utility may disconnect your home.
Be safe and avoid problems. Install a manual transfer switch or hire a qualified electrician to do it and be ready for the next power outage.
Backfeeding with a Generator is Dangerous | Norwall PowerSystems Blog
My DH knows enough about electricity to Know that this is a job for an electrician. Ours is not going through the dryer. DH had the electrician install a sub-panel years ago in his workshop/garage and our genny will be hooked up in that.
Robin when we lived in northern KY literally in the middle of nowhere we got ourselves a whole house genny.Port St. Lucie. Treasure coast, St. Lucie County.
There are no natural gas lines out where we are. We are about 1-2 miles from the Indian River Lagoon. The Savannas start just 1 'block' (I would say city block) from my house. They did an awesome job of filling with water and keeping that water from inundating us.
Now that the water level has come up in them, I hope it can handle anything Maria dishes out. There still looks to be room to fill in more. We had some serious drying out of the wetlands this summer.
We are not in a flood plane but it is kind of close...
Hubby has someone coming out to talk with us about whole house generators. I have a feeling it will be more expensive than us buying the components and hiring the different serves needed to install.
Hopefully we can finance it. I don't want to drain our savings down, my health issues may need that money if I end up having to travel out of state to get some things done down the road.
Life's an adventure meant to be lived. Never let it get you down and look for the bits of good stuff mixed in with the adversity.
I'm here, I'm alive and I'm sitting out by a pool on my iPad.
Can't get much better than that right now
It gave us great peace of mind because we lost power a lot from wildlife getting in the way. And sometimes it took days to get our power back.
Here at this house we have a 6250 watt genny and it runs our large fridge, a little one, the microwave, the living room lights, the TV and a fan and we're only using about half its capacity. Seven gallons give us about ten hours.
Considering we hopefully won't need it ever, we felt it was a better choice than a whole house one. In nortern KY as I said earlier our electric went out several times a year, sometimes for days, so the whole house genny was the best choice. Here we basically only need it if the power goes out in a tropical storm or hurricane.
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Doesn't look good for Puerto Rico at all though.It looks like Maria might not want to keep us company
An "Uncle" Update:
Well really didn't expect it to come to forewishen, however got a phone call yesterday about 2:00 p.m. from the apartment management company to let me know the electricity was finally turned on to the rest of the buildings and my apartment . . .
So in less than a half an hour packed up the car with everything I brought to my friends in WPB and left for Fort Lauderdale. Well what was normally a hour drive turned into of two hours because of traffic. And as I got closer to the apart complex the roads were blocked off by the wonderful 20 + Tennessee electrical company trucks and all their men still working in the area and specifically on my block . . .
Well - NO PROBLEM - made the detour . . . To see this (which even made it to Front page news in the local paper yesterday morning guess that's why FPL finally showed up . . .
) . . .
Worse tho, after rushing to get back - THERE STILL WAS NO ELECTRICITY AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT ALL ! ! ! 
FPL connected "Us" to only blow out the whole neighborhood when power was turned on - guess that's why they sent the Men from Tennessee to redo their work and finally hook us up to the power grid properly - FINALLY POWER at 6:30 PM . . .
TOWNSEND ELECTRICAL
Of Course - first things first, had to clean out refrigerator of "everything" (including a few things I didn't put in there . . .
) and air out apartment. Then the pleasant hum of the air conditioners . . .
Well really didn't expect it to come to forewishen, however got a phone call yesterday about 2:00 p.m. from the apartment management company to let me know the electricity was finally turned on to the rest of the buildings and my apartment . . .
So in less than a half an hour packed up the car with everything I brought to my friends in WPB and left for Fort Lauderdale. Well what was normally a hour drive turned into of two hours because of traffic. And as I got closer to the apart complex the roads were blocked off by the wonderful 20 + Tennessee electrical company trucks and all their men still working in the area and specifically on my block . . .
Well - NO PROBLEM - made the detour . . . To see this (which even made it to Front page news in the local paper yesterday morning guess that's why FPL finally showed up . . .
) . . .Desperate seniors still suffer in stifling heat
Worse tho, after rushing to get back - THERE STILL WAS NO ELECTRICITY AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT ALL ! ! !
FPL connected "Us" to only blow out the whole neighborhood when power was turned on - guess that's why they sent the Men from Tennessee to redo their work and finally hook us up to the power grid properly - FINALLY POWER at 6:30 PM . . .
TOWNSEND ELECTRICAL Of Course - first things first, had to clean out refrigerator of "everything" (including a few things I didn't put in there . . .
) and air out apartment. Then the pleasant hum of the air conditioners . . . Best of all . . . FRESH BREWED COFFEE . . . that awaited "Me" when I awoke this morning . . .
ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD AGAIN ! ! !
ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD AGAIN ! ! !
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