Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Storm Outages and Emergency Generators

[Ken Veary (smokestack20]

     Paul,

       I also went with a 12kw whole house unit similar to Scott Carpenter.  
After years of annoying power loss in rural Mass. I went with the big automatic 
unit after dealing with a smaller gasoline unit that my wife could never start 
when I wasn't home.
  
       Unfortunately the Auto Transfer Switch is a big ticket item in the 
install.  It does, however do ever thing automaticly and allows you to run a 
computer/tv/etc. safely.  Does the whole house including central air.

       The bad news.... the total cost was $5k but I'm now glad I did it!   
Still have all the paperwork on the install, if you need more info... feel free!

      Ken Veary


      
--- On Sat, 4/30/11, Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] Storm Outages and Emergency Generators
> To: "Ken Veary" <smokestack20 [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 1:52 PM
> 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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