I love it when the power goes out. I have a little generator that runs my fridge and sump pump. That will run for 24 hours on 6 gallons of gas. Running for 30 min. at a time to keep things cold it goes a long time. I heat with wood only so there is no worry about a place to cook or read a book by. If it is too warm for the woodstove the cook stove is run off a 20# propane cylinder. The generator will also run the water pump and the water heater is propane. All the conveniences of every other day without paying the elecric company.
Mike On Oct 12, 2011 9:44 AM, "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I worry about that too but I guess that in most big cities the gas stays on > in most cases with the exception of earthquakes. > > It interests me how little disruption many people are willing to live with. > I bought a 1200w generator (2 stroke, 1 gallon of gas for 8 hours at 50% > usage) to run our sump pump after I found my 400w inverter wasn't up to it. > For all other tasks the 400w inverter with an old (now considerably > degraded) 110a marine battery is plenty. For cooking I've got a Coleman > stove (well 3 actually, and a little kerosene burner) and light comes from > Coleman lanterns (about 20, we could light up the whole street). Heat from > the woodstove which also gives a backup cook surface. > > I've enough solar to charge the cell phones and flashlights too. > > Sometimes makes you wonder how people survived without all the modern > conveniences. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:46:04 -0400 > From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT standby generator > Message-ID: > <CALHJ_1BXyHGnQYSqbKFLfF=29-kacgj3i4nuwpfptxqze4e...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > For a backup unit I would not convert to a fuel that will be shut off > during a disaster. With a propane tank you at least have until it runs > out, > with NG you get nothing when the worst happens and the supply is shut off. > > Mike > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
