[at-l] Storm's a'comin

[Steve Landis]

Runs on propane.  It's set up to test run for a half hour once a week. 
Should be checked quarterly or semi annually by a technician. Here's too 
much information....

http://www.guardiangenerators.com/Products/Residential/Residential.aspx
http://www.generac.com/Products/Residential/Residential.aspx
http://www.installationexperiences.com/?p=84

Steve

KGJ wrote:
> Is there any maintenance?  Do they get it checked every so often?  Runs 
> on gasoline?  Does the tank have to be flushed occasionally?  Just 
> curious... still thinking about getting one..
> 
> _______________________________
> Jim Lynch
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Landis" <s.landis at comcast.net>
> To: "AT-list" <at-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Storm's a'comin
> 
> 
>> We installed a generator at the in-laws farm a couple of years ago that
>> handles the whole house.  I think it ran in the $5K to $7K range.  They
>> are in their 80's and don't even know when the power goes out.
>>
>> Steve - wood stove, oil fired boiler
>>
>>
>> Jim Bullard wrote:
>>> I burned wood exclusively for about 20 years. During that time I had 4-5
>>> chimney fires because my flue is so tall that creosote is inevitable and
>>> we had a controlled draft stove that aggravated the problem further. We
>>> switched to oil when my wife began working FT and neither of us was home
>>> to tend the stove. The wood stove was backup for several more years then
>>> when the price of oil went through the roof we bought the pellet stove.
>>> It was a (mostly) good decision but now both our heat sources require
>>> electricity to run. I'd love to have a house that was independent of the
>>> grid/oil supply/etc. but I don't have the $$$$ to do that so I'm looking
>>> at backup systems.
>>>
>>> Jim Bullard
>>> http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Amy Forinash <amy at forinash.net
>>> <mailto:amy at forinash.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Dec 19, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Jim Bullard wrote:
>>>
>>>      > I was without electricity for a week in the ice storm of '98. 
>>> Since
>>>      > then outages have been a matter of hours or once for a whole 
>>> day and
>>>      > I was getting complacent until this latest storm when not far 
>>> South
>>>      > of me they lost power for several days. I'm running a pellet 
>>> stove
>>>      > now which requires power and I have a 60+' drilled well so no 
>>> power,
>>>      > no water. I could probably haul water from the university 
>>> where my
>>>      > wife works but if we lose power I have no heat. I could 
>>> probably get
>>>      > by with a portable generator to run the stove but when you're
>>>      > getting clobbered like Art is a unit that cuts in 
>>> automatically when
>>>      > the power goes out looks like a real good option.
>>>
>>>     Seriously.  I have a woodstove and fireplace, but I'd have to stay
>>>     home 24x7 to keep the fires going.  That'd put a crimp in the
>>>     lifestyle.  Not to mention I don't have a stock of good burning 
>>> wood.
>>>
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