Yeah after dealing with years of outages we decided to have a 50 amp service installed in our home with a 13 k generator it powers the entire house furnace ac fridges and all the light since I bought a portable total cost was around 2 grand .
Wow, Brutus, I was impressed with your thoughtful, intelligent conversation. Until your last panel…..I love the way Uncle Ted is looking out sideways at us.
We are fortunate to live in a town with its own power company. In the 20 years we have lived here we have rarely had outages and the ones we have had have been less than 3 hours and usually no more than 1/2 hour. Only once did we have a longer one which was for 12 hours, and that was because 2 of the 3 feeder line were down (Those big power companies don’t invest in tree trimming). The crews busted their butts rewiring to get the entire town back up on the one remaining feeder line. Many of the surrounding towns had outages for 2 – 3 days.
Last major storm only made the power blink. Just had my generators yearly service done. It had to be delayed a month because my many who lost power now wanted generators.
codycab about 6 hours ago
Gotta keep yourself distracted from situations like that.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member about 6 hours ago
I’d add the refrigerator for some cold snack: ice cream, for example.
oldpine52 about 6 hours ago
You’ve got to keep your priorities straight.
LookingGlass Premium Member about 6 hours ago
Just use Mother Gargoyle’s BROOM, Brutus!!! It will “power” the ….. whole neighborhood!!!
/SHMIRK\
kingdiamond69 about 6 hours ago
Yeah after dealing with years of outages we decided to have a 50 amp service installed in our home with a 13 k generator it powers the entire house furnace ac fridges and all the light since I bought a portable total cost was around 2 grand .
Best investment I’ve ever made for our house.
angelolady Premium Member about 6 hours ago
Wow, Brutus, I was impressed with your thoughtful, intelligent conversation. Until your last panel…..I love the way Uncle Ted is looking out sideways at us.
a sage about 5 hours ago
The refrigerator, if it has an ice machine. A power outage caused mine to seize up.
jmworacle about 5 hours ago
Makes sense to me…
Justanolddude Premium Member about 2 hours ago
I always worry about getting stuck in my power recliner. That’s why I keep spare snacks where I can reach them.
nosirrom about 2 hours ago
We are fortunate to live in a town with its own power company. In the 20 years we have lived here we have rarely had outages and the ones we have had have been less than 3 hours and usually no more than 1/2 hour. Only once did we have a longer one which was for 12 hours, and that was because 2 of the 3 feeder line were down (Those big power companies don’t invest in tree trimming). The crews busted their butts rewiring to get the entire town back up on the one remaining feeder line. Many of the surrounding towns had outages for 2 – 3 days.
General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member 43 minutes ago
Good plan Brutus .
donut reply 4 minutes ago
Last major storm only made the power blink. Just had my generators yearly service done. It had to be delayed a month because my many who lost power now wanted generators.