What's YOUR plan?

[Joe M]

I have a Yamaha portable inverter generator. The thing was pricey, but you could sleep outside 2 feet from it and not know its running. I use it when I go camping too, so I didn't spend $1,000 just on keeping my tanks safe.

 

[dmopar74]

i have a CHAMPION 3500/4000w generator and love it, its a workhorse that has never let me down after 4 years. thing always fires after one pull, and i can run all my tanks full boar and watch tv and have lights throuout the house.

one trick to these are to get the cords that will run 2 110v circuits off of the 220 plug, or else your only able to get 1850w out of the 110v plug on the generator.

i bought mine at the auto parts store for $300, and wouldnt hesitate to buy another again.

 

[123456]

Do you have a gas stove? use a match to ligth it and heat water

It's an older house. Running off electric stove and and oil heater. So when the power cuts out we don't even have hot water or heat for ourselves..

Do you have a link for that. I checked their web site and the cheapest one there is rated for 5500 watts and costs $330.

Sorry, just reread above and got the answer.

I tried to search for it. The "Silent" type he mentioned is no longer available...

We live in a rural area where power outages can last hours to days. The first thing I do when the power goes out is to add water to the tank so the bioballs get submerged in the wet/dry filter. I throw in a couple of battery operated air lines into the tank. If the power is out several hours, we hook up the tank/filters to a large generator, which my husband has to bring home in a trailer. When the power comes back on, we test the water and do a big water change. This system works if we are at home. But what would happen if we were away for a week and the power was out for several days? (Last month we were gone for 9 days.) This is a very troubling question, especially since we are in the process of doing a major tank upgrade and building a fish room to house the new tank. We need a generator to kick on automatically to keep the fish tank running during a power outage. But why should the fish be warm and comfortable while we basically camp out in our all-electric house?

The solution for us is a 20 KW generator, so it will be business as usual around here during a power outage. It required getting propane on the premises

Putting in a transfer switch

When it is all done, my power outage worries will be over. Peace of mind.

That sounds like a great plan. Looks like you and your husband are all covered

I have a Yamaha portable inverter generator. The thing was pricey, but you could sleep outside 2 feet from it and not know its running. I use it when I go camping too, so I didn't spend $1,000 just on keeping my tanks safe.

Do you have a model number? $1,000 is pretty steep...

i have a CHAMPION 3500/4000w generator and love it, its a workhorse that has never let me down after 4 years. thing always fires after one pull, and i can run all my tanks full boar and watch tv and have lights throuout the house.

one trick to these are to get the cords that will run 2 110v circuits off of the 220 plug, or else your only able to get 1850w out of the 110v plug on the generator.

i bought mine at the auto parts store for $300, and wouldnt hesitate to buy another again.

Might have to look into this... Good thing summer is coming round the corner. Have a couple of months to prepare.

 

[pacu mom]

Turns out that a 20KW generator is too small to run our whole house plus the new addition we're building Everything in the equipment room is covered by the generator, but we had to cut out a lot of nonessentials such as the lights above the tank. It took major rewiring to get everything I wanted wired to the generator. It was a big accomplishment this week. We went from this:

to this:

It's a major work of art

Generator in place and wired

Meanwhile, until this new system is operational, we will have to rely on my husband bringing home his large generator if we have a power outage lasting more than a few hours.