Getting about 10" of sloppy wet snow tonight. Power already dipped out once. I have gas for the generator that will power the house, and a woodstove that requires nothing but fuel. It's good to be prepared. Chaz
What a great feeling. Years ago it really bothered me that we only had the oil boiler for heat. Now with the wood stove we are ready for any long power outages!
Yup supposed to be pretty sloppy around here today and tomorrow. High wind and heavy wet snow. Generator is fueled up and I have about a cord left in the basement. No worries!
I read that there is a natural gas shortage in Britain, due to the cold temps and snow. Grahamt, clay shooter, and iBob are nice and toasty! I bet their neighbors are seeing the wisdom of wood hoarding.
Not a clue but I sure as heck won’t be cold , I’m in wales for the weekend, a three hour drive took us almost 6 as Britain ground to a halt. Brought my own wood but no lighters or kindling so back to basics
I agree. Wife and I had the money to pick one up this past year. Got a Champion Power Equipment 7500W generator and had an electrician put in a box and hardwire some outlets for us. Total cost was $1000 but it's worth it as we put up $900+ in beef this past fall in the freezer. The genny will cover the water pump, the pump room stand up freezer, and inside we have 2 outlets hardwired for fridge/chest freezer, and coffee pot/accessories. So, we have Water.. check Food.. check Cold beer.. check Woodstove heat.. check Lights.. check Oh.. a new addition to the household.. O2 system for wife who has COPD and spent 3 days in the hospital last week due to breathing issues likely caused by the whacked out weather. Scared us both a bit, but she's doing well. So.. O2 machine.. check Microwave and small convection oven can also be used, and I have charcoal for 2 different grills, and a spare propane tank for the propane grill. Also have woodstove cooktop for cooking if need be. All in all, the only thing we won't have is TV/Internet/elect stove/hot water. But these things can be dealt with in the short term. Oh.. as an aside.. I've also been contemplating buying and installing a dual fuel carb on the genny so that it can be used with either gas or propane. I always have spare propane on hand, but with the atv and splitter I sometimes am short on gas. Chaz
it's so warm here we can only keep a small fire in the stove, (come on March, so much for in like a lion) but it is nice to know that if the power goes out, the stove is not bothered either way. I'm very jealous of you guys that got snow!
I'd offer to deliver.. but the caddy doesn't do so well in the cargo capacity like the older style ones. Now.. if you show up.. I'll give ya all you wish to take home with you.
Generator and a woodstove are an absolute necessity. I need to either upgrade to a quieter honda 7kw with electric start, or get started on my battery bank. I had to leave my wife and kids the morning after the Halloween storm last fall. Didn't have power my entire business trip, and my wife had one hell of a time pulling the generator to start it. I'm thinking a 5k invertor and a bunch of telecom backup batteries I can get free from work will do the trick. I would just need a generator to power the battery charger for recharging on long outages. Wife would then just have to flip a switch.
Storm was a bust here, no snow, a little rain, no downed trees to harvest locally . the worst thing that happened is a tonneau cover got blown off one stack , and a few foam kayaks got blown off the camper roof.
I'm considering one of the big generators that hook up directly and come on automatically when the power goes off. Not sure what we'll get yet but need something so wife does not have to be concerned with it.
Had to bypass my low oil sensor, after that generator ran fine for 4 hours. Nice and warm by the wood stove as well. I run 1 cord from kitchen outlet to the modem/ router/ TV area. My poor kids have to rough it by watching Netflix with limited lighting 4kW generator does well, burner, and a few outlets (kitchen).
Yeah, the electrician said that if I'm conservative on high end draws, I could power up the whole house with the 7.5KW genny. We didn't have the additional cash for a safety switch to tie into the main panel, so for now I have dedicated boxes to the genny Circuit Breaker box. We've used 3 of 8 openings in the dedicated box, 3 - 120W outlets (2 are in series in kitchen), and 1 - 240W outlet for the water pump. So I've got room to add some additional outlets in the future, or spend the $$ on a safety switch and run line from pump room area to the main panel (on the other side of the house of course). If we go 'whole house' I'll have to trip the breaker for the water pump if we use the stovetop burners so as to not overload the genny, but it could be done. Water heater would be disabled while on generator.
Chaz I have a 6.5kw genset and I put in a manual transfer switch. I actually paid an electrician to put it in. I can't power the whole house all at once but I did provide genpower to the necessary circuits like to the frig and freezers, well pump, furnace and a few misc outlets. Transfer switch is good for 10 120v circuits but you can strap a couple together for 220, I did that for the well pump. I have to switch the circuits in and out while on the genset so I don't overload the genset. I have a heavey duty 4 conductor cord that goes from my genset to the switch.
Very nice install. Ours is much more basic than that, but it works, and that at the end of the day is what counts. Although now seeing your setup, I feel inadequate. J/K.. but I definitely like the system you have installed.
