Actually, natural gas makes a lot of sense. The ones on the site Lenny provided are a little bigger and probably more expensive than what I'm thinking about, but maybe a smaller unit can be converted.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] generators Thermol windows > > yes sir. you can install any kind of generator you can afford. > gasoline it sounds like would be your last choice and where as > with > Lp gas and. or natural gas you would not have to worry about > that > disposal . any generator is an ivestment and it would pay if you > > had one installed to have what we call here " drills" do not wait > until the last moment when the extra power is needed.> just a fyi Lee > > On > Tue, Jul > 29, 2008 at > 12:58:13PM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote: > > Bill, A friend was just talking about installing a natural gas > backup > > generator system. I know that they make propane generators for > campers. I > > did a quick search and found this site: http://www.cumminsonan.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] generators Thermol windows > > > > > > Yeah Lenny, good points. One of the things I have to work out > is that I > > don't own a car or other gas engine at this point, so unless > this got used, > > I'd have to occasionally dispose of gasoline. Anybody know how > long you can > > keep gas in a Gerry can or tank before it gets funky and unusable? > > > > > > Bill Stephan > > Kansas Citty MO > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lenny McHugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:55 pm > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] generators Thermol windows > > > Bill, I have been thinking about that for a long time and keep > > > putting it > > > off. Many years ago in Money Magazine they recommended that you > > > have a min > > > of 4500 kw generator and treat it as an insurance policy. Not only > > > for the > > > winter but also summer. It mentioned about your freezers and the > > > average > > > dollar value of food. In the winter you can cycle your heat to > > > keep pipes > > > and bathroom fixtures from freezing. They stated that you should > > > treat it as > > > a one time payment as an insurance policy and hope you never have > > > to > > > collect. > > > Lenny > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:51 PM > > > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Thermol windows > > > > > > > > > Thanks Bob, I'll do that tomorrow. > > > > > > > > > > > > What I found out so far is that it really depends, and you better > > > be real > > > careful who you deal with. I talked to three firms that > > > supposedly did > > > energy audits and two of them were ready to sell me more > > > insulation without > > > even looking at the property and the third guy told me I probably > > > ought to > > > buy a new furnace. > > > > > > So, I got a hold of the general contractor who did our massive > > > remodelingwhen we first bought the place and who is honest and > > > does excellent work. > > > He told me that in a home less than thirty years old it probably > > > didn't make > > > a lot of sense to put thermal windows in, but in one as old as > > > ours, where > > > the windows are not at all tight, they probably made sense. He > > > had two > > > prices, one he thinks is $550 a pop, and one at about $440. > > > According to > > > this fellow the $440 one is the way to go since the higher dollar > > > windowisn't really all that different, just better known. > > > > > > > > > > > > On a sort of related note, can any of you give me good > suggestions or > > > techniques I can use to convince my wife we really have to > have a 5KW > > > generator in case we have an ice storm this Winter? So far I've > > > come up > > > with, "The cat will die if we can't stay here, because he > can't go > > > to a > > > hotel, even if we could find a room somewhere after an event like > > > that". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of chiliblindman > > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 20:02 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Thermol windows > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill, if you search for window R value or R insulation factor you > > > shouldcome up with something workable. > > > ...................bob > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29> > > Or > > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > > Various > > > List Members At The Following address: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > > > following > > > address for more information: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > > > Handy Man list > > > just send a blank message to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3304 (20080728) Information __________ > > > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29> > Or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > From Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > > address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man list > > just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3304 (20080728) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > -- > The difference between a career and a job is about 20 hours a week. > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net >
