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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #25 on: August 29, 2011, 11:16:50 AM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on August 29, 2011, 10:03:42 AM
I meant that as NY as a whole.

Haven't heard of any.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #26 on: August 29, 2011, 01:18:22 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on August 29, 2011, 11:16:50 AM
Haven't heard of any.

Well, that is good. I figured the burroughs would've been a free-for-all with the evacs.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #27 on: August 29, 2011, 01:56:43 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on August 29, 2011, 01:18:22 PM
Well, that is good. I figured the burroughs would've been a free-for-all with the evacs.

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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #28 on: August 29, 2011, 02:10:13 PM »
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2011, 06:56:50 PM »
WOW! It was a little different story here in the Catskills. I just got back on the grid since 4:00 am Sun morn. A lot of flooding and downed trees. I was OK as long as no trees fell on the house! Its been a long week at work though. Helping all the people that had flooded basments.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #30 on: September 02, 2011, 07:16:03 PM »
We're going to be buying a generator, and I'm going to buy a couple of more space heaters. I'm thinking of buying a 3,000 watt generator, does that sound like it's enough? Also I never thought of buying a camping stove that you use propane with, I'm starting to rethink that though.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #31 on: September 02, 2011, 07:23:42 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 02, 2011, 07:16:03 PM
We're going to be buying a generator, and I'm going to buy a couple of more space heaters. I'm thinking of buying a 3,000 watt generator, does that sound like it's enough? Also I never thought of buying a camping stove that you use propane with, I'm starting to rethink that though.

I'd try and go for 6 or 7KW.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #32 on: September 02, 2011, 07:38:25 PM »
*ahem* O-)
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #33 on: September 02, 2011, 09:26:51 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 02, 2011, 07:23:42 PM
I'd try and go for 6 or 7KW.

Umm, I'm a girl, so does 6 or 7KW mean 6,000 or 7,000 Watts? LOL

BTW, I'm talking a portable generator.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #34 on: September 02, 2011, 09:32:23 PM »
I thought the rule of thumb was to buy a generator that covered 150% of your average monthly electrical usage.  I use roughly ~1 kWh of electricity (I think), so I would be okay buying a >2 kWh generator.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2011, 10:17:57 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 02, 2011, 09:26:51 PM
Umm, I'm a girl, so does 6 or 7KW mean 6,000 or 7,000 Watts? LOL

BTW, I'm talking a portable generator.

Kilo means 1000, so a 6KW generator puts out 6000 watts.

I got a 7500KW for us. The well pump, the boiler circulating pump, or the A/C, it can handle those things. It'll go over 5 hours on a tank of gas, and I always have about 25 gallons of gas on hand for tractor, generator, whatever.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #36 on: September 03, 2011, 01:27:01 AM »
My "average" draw is about 0.8kw.

That said - I have several appliances that draw far more than that at run time - and anything like fridges / freezers draw a lot at startup to charge the caps.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #37 on: September 03, 2011, 06:18:20 AM »
Seeing that I'm currently in an apartment building, generators are a tough sell . . . but I have a little 800 W generator for a fan and a mini-fridge.  When we get a house (soon, I think), we'll get at least a 7.5 kW Guardian which can run off of natural gas.

Chris, I glanced at the site you provided, and I didn't see prices . . . Did I look hard enough?
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #38 on: September 03, 2011, 07:28:21 AM »
Thanks for the info everyone!

I'll look at my electric bill to see what we average, but I saw a nice 6,000W generator, the ad seemed more geared to farmers, but reading the reviews people bought it to run their high energy appliances. I'd like it to just run the refrigerator and freezer, the TV, a lamp, but more importantly we need something strong enough to run the sump pump if the electric goes, and something to run the heater if it's the winter to keep the pipes from freezing.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #39 on: September 03, 2011, 07:33:48 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 03, 2011, 06:18:20 AM
Chris, I glanced at the site you provided, and I didn't see prices . . . Did I look hard enough?

There is a "Request a Quote" hyperlink button on that page.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #40 on: September 03, 2011, 08:03:54 AM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on September 03, 2011, 07:28:21 AM
Thanks for the info everyone!

I'll look at my electric bill to see what we average, but I saw a nice 6,000W generator, the ad seemed more geared to farmers, but reading the reviews people bought it to run their high energy appliances. I'd like it to just run the refrigerator and freezer, the TV, a lamp, but more importantly we need something strong enough to run the sump pump if the electric goes, and something to run the heater if it's the winter to keep the pipes from freezing.

Beware of running the TV, or any other electronic stuff, like computers. Their innards are really susceptible to damage from power surges.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #41 on: September 03, 2011, 08:17:45 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on September 03, 2011, 08:03:54 AM
Beware of running the TV, or any other electronic stuff, like computers. Their innards are really susceptible to damage from power surges.

That is why a high quality surge protector/suppressor is a must.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #42 on: September 03, 2011, 08:20:03 AM »
Quote from: CG6468 on September 03, 2011, 08:03:54 AM
Beware of running the TV, or any other electronic stuff, like computers. Their innards are really susceptible to damage from power surges.

Thanks! I wouldn't run the computer, I can just use my phone to get on the internet, and I would just hook up the small TV in the kitchen because of boredom.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #43 on: September 03, 2011, 12:30:41 PM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on September 03, 2011, 07:33:48 AM
There is a "Request a Quote" hyperlink button on that page.

So, then . . . the answer to my question is "No, I didn't." ::) :o
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #44 on: September 03, 2011, 04:51:26 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 03, 2011, 08:17:45 AM
That is why a high quality surge protector/suppressor is a must.

Really what you need for running sensitive electronics on a generator is a proper power filter, as most surge protectors won't protect you from undervolt or out of phase issues.
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #45 on: September 03, 2011, 05:02:56 PM »
Everything (almost) you wanted to know about power conditioners.

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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #46 on: September 03, 2011, 05:03:22 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on September 03, 2011, 04:51:26 PM
Really what you need for running sensitive electronics on a generator is a proper power filter, as most surge protectors won't protect you from undervolt or out of phase issues.

The three that we use are also battery back up units that do provide the undervoltage protection.  What are phase issues when dealing with 120 VAC single phase?
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Re: With Irene bearing in . . .
« Reply #47 on: September 03, 2011, 05:50:30 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 03, 2011, 05:03:22 PM
The three that we use are also battery back up units that do provide the undervoltage protection.  What are phase issues when dealing with 120 VAC single phase?

If for any reason you're not getting the desired 50hz or 60hz out of the line.
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