[AT] lost--generators

[Mike]

I have two, an older Generac 5000w that is the perfect machine for 
turning gasoline into noise. I also have a 7500w Champion that is much 
quieter. I use the Champion to power the house when we lose power due to 
thunderstorm, ice storm or just wind. I also have electric fences and 
stock tanks that need juice, so I keep the 5000w around for that.

Ralph, I'm trying to envision what your part of Canada looks like, I 
imagine it to be wide open spaces where there is nothing to hit the 
power lines, and they all have nice wide right of ways cleared around 
them.  I'm in Michigan and I can't begin to tell you how many dead Ash 
trees we have around here. DTE energy does what they can to keep them 
cleared back from the lines, but the sheer number of them is mind boggling.

Mike


On 12/22/2013 12:35 PM, jahaze at aol.com wrote:
> I often planned on getting one, but in the 20 years we have lived here, we only had an extended power outage due to ice that lasted three days.  Other than that, we have been fortunate.  Since we are now on natural gas, with geothermal heat and hot water, we could run for days on backup power without it effecting our life.
>
> Last night the southern part of the state was covered in ice, with multiple outages.  We were just far enough north to get only snow.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Dec 22, 2013, at 8:32 AM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Going in a different direction based on Ralph's comment about not having a
>> generator.
>>
>> How many on the list have a backup generator and what type of weather event
>> causes you to maintain one.
>>
>> I've got a really old one (isn't everything I own old!) I rebuilt the engine
>> so it is reliable. We keep it in the garage in the event of an ice storm or
>> a hurricane, and sometimes an occasional thunderstorm that manages to
>> disrupt things for several hours in the evening (We've really got to need it
>> to crank it up just for a short time).
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ralph Goff
>> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 7:38 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] lost
>>
>>> On 12/21/2013 10:00 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>>> Ralph:
>> I can not imagine going 27 days without electricity now as dependent as
>> this country is on it . We have been pretty fortunate as Sask. power
>> keeps the power flowing and I don't recall ever having more than a few
>> hours without electricity. I don't know of anybody that owns a generator
>> but no doubt there are a few out there. Some with wood heat would be ok.
>> My gas heater will still work without electricity and i guess with a
>> little help I could drag the old wood stove back into the house and hook
>> it up to the chimney. Still got some firewood stored out in the bin from
>> the wood burning days. Lets just hope the day never comes I need to do
>> that.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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