[AT] Lost/generators

[Arthur Southwell]

In 2004, when hurricane Charlie paid DeSoto Co. Fla. a Friday the 13th 
visit, we were without power for 12 1/2 days. I burnt up the 5500W gen. in 
my motor home trying to run the A/C unit at night to sleep and keep the 18 
cu. ft. frig going. Then I went to TSC and bought a  Hobart welder with 
10,000 W, 220 V Gen. powered by 20 HP Kohler twin. No more problems. Pulled 
the meter can, bugged in my Hobart, ran the whole house until Florida 
Flicker and Flash came back on. Also have my IHC LB 3 X 5 belted to a 5000 W 
Leland 120 V. Does a good job. Have a B&S 4500 W backing that up.

Arthur

-----Original Message----- 
From: Andy Glines
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 1:15 PM
To: atis
Subject: Re: [AT] Lost/generators

Here in SW Indiana we also had an ice storm 4-5 years ago that caused a lot 
of trouble in the region.  I was only without power for 4.5 days but it 
still got my attention.  During that time the house got down to 47° so I 
installed a ventless gas fireplace because they will work without 
electricity.  Mine happens to be a model which will work with natural gas or 
LP.  Since this fireplace is so efficient it nows does the majority of the 
heating in my house.  3 years ago I bought a toterhome to pull my steam 
engines to shows.  I big part of the reason I bought this rig is because it 
has a 7.5 KW diesel generator that can also be used during power outages.  I 
can power the house with it or simply move into the RV.  I did hit an 
unexpected snag.  My Powertech generator has (2) 110V circuits which I 
thought could be wired up to make 220V.  I have a few 220V appliances but 
the only one that I NEED is the 220V water well.  Maybe a converter will be 
the way to go here.  If I'm in a pinch I'll just go to the neighbor with 
city water and fill the tank on the RV.

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