[AT] : Ice Storm

[charlie hill]

How many of us take the time and care to ground the generator to an earth 
ground?  I never thought about it until a few years ago when an electrician 
friend explained the danger of not doing it.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm


>I use a PTO powered 25 KW generator wired into a transfer switch on the
> house. When the power goes out, I just wheel up a tractor (usually the
> Farmall 560 diesel), connect the PTO, and flip the switch. The only
> downside is the noise from having a tractor running at full speed right
> outside my window, but having a nice warm house, running water, lights,
> etc. makes up for the noise very nicely. When we get an outage, because
> we are two miles in from the main road, the power never comes back on in
> less than 8 hours, so the generator gets "exercised" at least once a
> year, and generally more.
>
> It amazes me how many people buy a generator in the middle of a storm,
> and then sell it for a loss in the spring. Don't they think that the
> power will ever go out again? And then there are those who run the gas
> generator in their basements or attached garages with the doors closed...
>
> We were fortunate here in northwest NJ - only an inch of snow and then a
> very thin coating of ice that the trees seemed to shed easily. And the
> temperature is expected to get into the 40s during the day today. Then a
> repeat of the same thing on Sunday.
>
> Mike
>
> John Hall wrote:
>> Guess its a matter of location. The last ice storm to hit here sold ALL 
>> of
>> the available generators. We actually had 2 storms a month apart that 
>> year.
>> Hurricanes do the same. The funny/sad thing is the number of folks who do
>> not have adequate fuel supplies when it is time to run them. A lot of 
>> folks
>> are even installing standby generators for their houses that run off LP.
>>
>> Speaking of generators, it probably wouldn't hurt to crank mine up, as 
>> those
>> 30+ year old Wisconsins can get to be a tad bit cantankerous.
>>
>> John Hall
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm
>>
>>
>>> I have several generators from 2500 watts to over 60 Killowatt
>>> capacity.  I have offered them for sale or rent to individuals and
>>> government agencies since the storm began.  I do not know whether they
>>> think I am crazy or just are playing the waiting game to see if power
>>> will come back on or the government (fed) will bail them out.  No one
>>> wants to take responsibility for themselves anymore..   I have had so
>>> many calls from people that just want to talk about buying a generator
>>> that I have become very short  when they call..  I wasted  an hour
>>> yesterday on a guy that was only wanting to say he was a business and
>>> get fema to furnish him a free generator.  He ran the golf course.......
>>>
>>> Cecil in OKla
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