We had our Generac whole house generator installed in August, 2020. Our
house is all electric. Shortly after, someone cut down a tree about a
1/2 mile from us, it fell on a utility pole knocking out power to our
entire street for 8 hours. The generator was great during that summer
heat. Then came the cold of February and it worked great for 4 days. The
neighbors on both sides of me and behind me all have generators. The
$10,000 investment will never be recovered however, having power is
wonderful. In fact, it cost me about $1.25 an hour in natural gas to run
the generator. Could not be more pleased.
For those getting a generator, if you go after a Generac, be sure to
watch their website for warranty specials. I have a 10-year warranty
plus the first year onsite service. Paid my dealer for 5 years of onsite
above that. Changing the oil is a piece of cake as I had to do it during
the cold. Every 25 hours of run time. I bought 6 filters and a bunch of
5W30 synthetic oil to do it during an emergency when the dealer could
not come out. Takes about 10 minutes to change it.
Enjoy your generator.
73...bruce
On 4/4/2021 7:57 PM, k5hm.ron--- via BVARC wrote:
For those of you who don’t know John, I met him when he was the
Division Vice Director. He is very active in the ARRL and a great
advocate for hams in Texas. He has been a frequent presenter at our
Ham Fest and club meetings. He knows his way around Texas
politicians too. I’ve never had much use for lawyers but John is the
exception. Perhaps because like me, he is also an engineer.
Dear John,
I wanted to thank you for your persistence in guiding the Texas
legislature to pass recent legislation regarding HOA’s preventing the
installation of standby generators.
During the recent Texas freeze my XYL and I were without power for 4
days We existed by camping out in our family room with the cats and
the gas fireplace and lots of flashlight batteries. Fortunately, we
have a gas stovetop, so we were able to prepare food. When it was
over, I vowed, we would not have to live without heating and AC winter
or summer. We signed with a local dealer and hopefully we will have
the standby system installed before the 2021 hurricane season begins.
While we were going through the paper work with the company rep, he
showed us a suggested letter we could send to our HOA that stated
“I understand it is my responsibility to obtain all HOA approvals for
my whole house generator system. I acknowledge /Quality Generators/
cannot act on my behalf in dealings with my HOA.”
It was then I remembered John talking about his legislation regarding
this problem. So I Googled it. There it was in black and white.
Texas Property Code Section 202.019. I
It reads: Except as provided by this section, a property owners'
association may not adopt or enforce a dedicatory instrument provision
that prohibits, restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or
restricting an owner from owning, operating, installing, or
maintaining a permanently installed standby electric generator.
Thanks again John.
73,
Ron, K5HM
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.qrz.com/db/k5hm <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm>
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