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Post hurricane loss
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BrokenolMarine
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Post hurricane loss
We had lost power at 530pm on Thursday evening. Genny kicked in. Lost phones, internet, and alarm system monitoring at 630pm on friday. Phones finally came back up about 1pm on Sunday. Still no power. Dominion Energy still saying everyone should be back on line by Monday evening, Tuesday at the latest. Have missed y'all.
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by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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BrokenolMarine
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Re: Post hurricane loss
JEBar wrote:are you pleased with your generator's performance
Yup, power dropped, genny waited the minute or so to make sure it wasn't just a brown out, then fired up... has been running ever since. It surges for a second when there is an amperage increase...
Water pump kicks on...
AC blower/Compressor kicks in....
Then levels back out and purrs along. Our 500 gallon tank was at 70 % when we started. We are at somewhere between 50 and 55% now. We should be good for at least another week.
The genny has done well since we got it, only minor issues other than a bad voltage regulator. Those things happen.
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You can tell a lot about the character of a man...
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JEBar
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Re: Post hurricane loss
really good to hear that your investment is proving its worth .... what type of fuel does it burn 
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North Country Gal
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Re: Post hurricane loss
Glad to hear you're all okay. Most folks,uphere, have backup generators. We run propane on ours. Easier to get started than gasoline if allowed sit a long time without running.
By the way, we're already getting snow up here. Oh, yeah, that time of year.
By the way, we're already getting snow up here. Oh, yeah, that time of year.
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BrokenolMarine
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Re: Post hurricane loss
Yup, propane as well. We cook and heat with it, just bumped the tank up from 300 to 500 gallons.
We also increased the supply line size from the tank until it split, one feed going to the furnace and cook stove and the other to the genny. That was on the advice of the gas company. After that, we were golden.
We also increased the supply line size from the tank until it split, one feed going to the furnace and cook stove and the other to the genny. That was on the advice of the gas company. After that, we were golden.
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JEBar
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Re: Post hurricane loss
BrokenolMarine wrote:Yup, propane as well.
for a emergency use generator I really like propane .... the generator we had built into our camper burns propane .... its burns clean and requires much less maintenance that generators powered by gasoline or diesel
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