I have one similar to this and would highly recommend one. Even for the
annoying 15-30 minute outages.
http://www.norwall.com/products/Generac-Guardian-17kW-Standby-Generator-%28Steel%29-Pre%252dPackaged-w%7B47%7D100-Amp-16-circuit-ATS.html
Eric W Rudd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Krehbiel
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 8:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: [QUAD-L] Hurricane Sandy
I live in the Washington DC area. I have been home for four years since an
accident at the beach (C4/5) and so far we have been pretty lucky with
tropical storms and hurricanes. However, back in July we had a very unusual
thunderstorm (called a “Derecho”) and we lost power for several days. With
no air conditioning and no power for my low loss air mattress, I was moved
to a local hospital. I hope this hurricane passes to our north. After it
passes by, I would love to find some sort of a way to obtain a backup
generator.
On a positive note, my oldest daughter got married back in August. The
forecast was for very heavy rain on her wedding day. The day before, between
the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner, it rained cats and dogs. But on the
day of her wedding, the storm somehow missed us completely. Thank God for
that.
I've done a bit of research into generators, and based on what I have read,
an inexpensive generator can damage batteries and sensitive electronics.
Apparently, the more expensive generators use things called inverters. And
apparently it takes a pretty big generator to run air conditioning. Does
anyone know much about these generators? Any recommendations on units to
buy, or how to raise donations to afford them?
Thanks,
Dave Krehbiel
-----Original Message-----
From: Bobbie Humphreys [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 1:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [QUAD-L] Hurricane Sandy
Hi All,
I live 24 miles due west of NYC and Pete & I are doing our best to
prepare for this "historic" combination "norestren inside of a stage 1
hurricane" headed straight for NYC. WE ALL live needing, and depending on, a
LOT of electricity. I live in a 250 unit senior/disabled apartment building
that has a very, very large generator. In June 2011 the new owner's were
testing out the breaker system that back-up the elevator's and emergency
lights in the hallways, OH and the alarm system. When they flipped the
breaker .....… EVERYTHING blew out and shut down.
The good of the bad is that they updated and fixed the problem. In August
2011 when hurricane Irene hit us EXTREMELY HARD, everybody around us lost
power for weeks .....… except us. Roads surrounding us stayed flooded for a
little over 1 week.
Anyway, how many of you all live where THIS storm is going to hit?
Bobbie
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