The house is about 300' away and I have 3" of foam + 3 1/2" of fg insulation in the walls. That helps too. I've been sending my brother pictures of this along the way, he said "now you're never going to loose power". I said that I'm ok with that.
he said "now you're never going to loose power"... ... I'm with ya hopin' that's zactly what happens. My honey reminds me every time there's a big storm coming... "if you don't hook up the gen, we'll lose power for sure"... she's usually right...
Just read through this post and I'm very impressed with your work.... Love that generator also. I was also curious as a read through the posts about how loud it would be, but I suspect that building will be really help keep the sound down... That Cummins will just be purring anyway. I found living in my steel building, you can't hear anything outside anyway... So the genny kicks on automatic I suspect...
No it's all manual, I'm more hands on and skeptical of "automatic chit" that if it were to fail or have a problem..... That means I need to walk over to that building, start the generator and warm it up for a few minutes, then throw the lever on the transfer switch, done. This disconnects me from the "grid" and connects the generator. I installed the transfer switch and meter remote from the house when we built, which is not a typical situation but the xfer switch is needed for either situation. We "built" our line into the property (7 poles) after we paid the local utility to extend their line 3 poles up along the road. We are truly at the end of the line and understandably, pretty far down the list when there's a big wind or ice storm. That utility crew and accompanying tree crew often can restore power to hundreds of homes in the same time as restoring us, 1 home. We're not super reliant on electricity and normally wouldn't fool with rigging up our previous generator set up until the end of the day for dinner (water pump) dishes and showers. There's also freezers and refrigerators that enter into the decision. I imagine that we may fire up the generator a little early than we used to because it doesn't involve the same process getting out the generator and cords etc.
I imagine you will fire it up a litte earlier.. I'm pretty cheap myself, but the investment you have with a top notch back up system, lends itself to use it when the powers out... I don't think it's going to burn much more fuel versus a loud 10 horse running at full throttle.... I'm set back 1500 feet off the road with two step down transformers.. All I have is an EU 2000 for the lights and fridge. Need 220 for the well... Still haven't figuered out what I want... Have 100 gallons of stored water to flush toilets if needed.
Hi Fan... you make me re-think getting another Honda i2000 genny (after mice destroyed our 1st one at the cabin) Reason is, our 6500w Honda, here at the house, goes full throttle if there's even a night light drawing power. I burn 4 gals of gas in 7 hours, at that RPM. As you know, that i2000 gen runs at lower RPMs, with lower power draws. Sips fuel. Our fridge is the only 24/7 appliance needing power. Can do without the 220 / 30A power, 95% of the time. Now, if UPS would just deliver $1000, we could do it...
A lot quieter too...and just FYI, I see what appears to be lightly used ones on FB MP for $5-600 pretty frequently...
I understand...! I really don’t want to have 20 gallons of unleaded sitting around for a 6500 watt loud 10 horse generator that truly is only useful for the 220v for the well. The eu2000 can idle and use maybe a gallon in 10 hours depending on the load. Quiet too... But who wouldn’t want Fuelrods set up!!
I'm wired in and online. Not much to show but some conduit. We put in a couple of lights inside, 2 inside plugs, 1 for the block heater and outside receptacle along with a couple of outside lights. Thanks for riding along with me
I really appreciate the time you took to document the journey. It has been interesting. This building is a thing of beauty and I hope it serves you well.
