I've been noticing that power cuts are ever so much more common.
That may very well be why. I'd not thought of that. Thank you.

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"Frank" wrote in message
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: My house has a well and sump pump which are critical. First
thing I did
: when I bought the house 18 months ago was to buy a 6 kW
gasoline powered
: generator, and had an electrician install a 10 breaker panel
in my basement
: and an external outlet to connect the generator to the panel.
I selected
: the 10 most critical circuits to run on the generator,
including the well
: pump, the sump pump, the fridge, and my oil furnace. I also
keep 10 gallons
: of gas in the garage. Haven't had an outage yet, but I can
sleep at night.
:
:
: I did same. Generator and panel have been in place one year
and used
: 3 times with longest outage 20 hours. It is my opinion that
the power
: infrastructure has been deteriorating over the years. We live
in a
: treed area and power company has been saving money on tree
cutting.
: Just about whole neighborhood has generators.
:
: Frank
: