[AT] : Ice Storm

[Mattias Kessén]

The unit powering our house is always grounded through it's connection on
the wall, theres a lot of copper in our ground :-)

Mattias


2007/12/14, charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>:
>
> 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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