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Saturday, March 20. 2010

The party's at my place, next storm

Weather adventures are great, but I will not be an idiot either. Since I already have a good gas line, I am finally installing one of these babies. Anything to keep Mrs. BD happy, and it turns out that she is no longer the rugged camper that she once was.


Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 12:13 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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I went with a Honda EU-2000i which has worked fine for years. (1500 watts, throttles down depending on load)

It can run the computer setup and sump pump and refrigerator, and if you unplug the sump pump temporarily, a microwave.

I'd really like a load priortizing strip that would dump load (like to the sump pump) automatically when something else big comes on. They'd have to come in various wattages though.
#1 rhhardin (Link) on 2010-03-20 12:27 (Reply)
Man, watt a monster (pun intended)! I was looking at some that are half that size, figuring I could run my 4 ton A/C and still run the rest of the house (minus the double oven), and in the winter, would need even less. You have a farrowing shed you have to power?
#2 JoeC on 2010-03-20 12:53 (Reply)
Holy Moly! You got the Benjamins, brother!
#3 Anton on 2010-03-20 13:07 (Reply)
My wish list includes a combined-heat-and-power unit.

If I also snarf up the subsidies attached to some “green” complement, I get the privilege of selling power back to the electric company. I could make money on the whole setup.
#4 foxmarks (Link) on 2010-03-20 15:35 (Reply)
You sure? Buddy of mine put in a 20KW after Hurricane Charley. Runs everything in his house including his pool and sauna. downside is that it burned $1,000.00 of fuel in 8 days.
#5 Rick on 2010-03-20 16:04 (Reply)
Whoa! Maybe I'm glad I hadn't gone anything larger than my portable Yamaha. $125 A DAY IN GAS???? Holy Moly batman!

I always wondered how much a natural gas powered generator uses in fuel. I don't think I've ever seen a CuFt of gas or therm number published.... maybe that $100+/day figure would scare off potential customers. Sheesh!
#5.1 JoeC on 2010-03-20 23:32 (Reply)
Sure you want a steel enclosure, albeit powder coated, in your climate? Wouldn't do that here.
#6 MissyW on 2010-03-20 22:22 (Reply)
well, i have one and it did not work for a few days so do not always think you are prepared cause sometimes you get another whammy! it works just fine now and yes i pay 400 dollars a year so some guy can come out here and run maintenance on it. the key is to be gone when it strikes, i thin Californai was a great place to be last week so i will keep my generator but leave town instead , it's cheaper.
#7 opie109 on 2010-03-21 08:44 (Reply)
45 kW!?! Dude - that must be a seriously-large, all-electric party palace you're planning to heat.

I was looking at a 10-15 kW model, which would run my whole house in a Missouri August.
#8 jhc on 2010-03-22 21:30 (Reply)

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