Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Storm Outages and Emergency Generators

[stephen (stephensherman44]

I have 6 APC UPS at PC's and TV. Only critial componets are in the UPS side 
and printers, battery chargers for DS, PSP and 3DS are in the surge side.
We have been lucky to only lose power for days in the winter so 
refrigeration was not a problem, but intermitent is a weekly occurance.
The Ferrari and the Porsche are in the attached garage 1 foot thick Concrete 
wih 1 1/8 inch rebar.
But I can see how a generator for he fridge and deep freeze would be a good 
idea.
Thanks for the push
Stephen.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Bennett" <pbennett [at] macnet.com>
To: "Stephen" <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 12:52 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Storm Outages and Emergency Generators


> The recent storms brings probabilities of more bad weather and I'm
> wondering...those who already have emergency power systems, what size
> generator do you have or wish you had.
>
> I know the tradeoffs of basic needs vs gasoline useage and even
> noise.  For a 3 day to 1 week outage, The
> freezers/refrigerator  would need some time as would some lighting
> and even the tv system (computer?).  One kw would possibly do this
> but that seems too minimal .  2.5kw perhaps?
>
> Googled to find gas consumption for 5.5 kw Honda to be 1/2 gal /hour
> at half load, so a large rotating storage lawnmower can or two would
> be part of the emergency plan.  It would be nice to build a new house
> with emergency circuits built in but lacking that, a special premade
> extension cord cut to reach necessary appliances from the outside
> generator location without having to leave doors/windows open.
>
> We rarely loose power (every ten years) but one rare time I ran the
> motor home generator output into the house and was the only one in
> the neighborhood with TV lighting being quite obvious from the
> street, but became acutely aware of the problem of finding and
> running a long cord inside.
>
> What are you doing now or plan for the near future?
>
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