Adding a generator.
The Daring Dufas wrote in
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On 7/15/2011 2:48 PM, Red Green wrote:
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:11:24 -0700, Smitty Two
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My sister lives in an area where the power goes out frequently.
She has asked me more than once to "just" come out and add a plug
for her so she can use a generator to keep her food from going
bad. This is never going to happen. Not so much because I would
not do it for her, it is more because after the first season or
two of no maintenance on her generator, it would not crank anyway.
I know this from listening to the kids complain about the four
wheelers not working or the lawnmower is "broke"
If I were to set her up with a generator, I think I would add a
lock out switch to her existing panel. This way, she could use
anything in her house. The only bad thing about doing this would
be if she could not use self control and try to overload the
circuit. Having the breaker trip a few times might give her the
message.
When the power goes off, just turn the breakers off to the
bedrooms and huddle in the den with TV and gas heat.
A dirt-cheap, no-brain, zero-maintenance refrigerator backup plan
for power outages is a few bags of ice in the freezer. Stick them
in the fridge when the power is out and you've got an icebox that
will last for days.
I have suggested that to her. Use a cooler for sandwich meat/milk
and leave the door to the fridge shut.
She lives in Alabama so it doesn't get really cold, but suggested
that she try to put a couple of those cooler ice packs outside and
see if they refreeze. (winter time outages, of course)
Well I certainly learned something. They have electricity in Alabama
:-)
Watch it there boy, we even have flush toilets and indoor plumbing
here in Alabamastan. We even have rotary dial telephones. ^_^
TDD
Shazaaaam!
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