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Power outage!!!
Beth C:
Good to see you back, Jess!
Mike keeps talking about getting a generator from DERMO, but my concern is where we could get it serviced. We wished we had one after Irene. Which was a minor inconvenience compared to Katrina - what a blessing that generator must have been for your community! Not just for the water itself, but that measure of self-sufficiency amid so much chaos had to have been a good feeling...
OldChurchEggery:
As the old saying goes, \"Firewood warms you twice.\" We have a woodstove and while winter seems like a distant concern when you\'re sweating and stacking in May, it\'s well worth it come January! When we\'ve had lengthy winter outages we cook on our woodstove, too. I do wish we had some kind of generator, whether gas or solar, to keep our well pump running when the power goes out. That\'s the worst part of it- not having any water for ourselves or the animals. We have to go fill jugs in the creek and tote them all the way up the hill.
John:
--- Quote ---That\'s the worst part of it- not having any water for ourselves or the animals.
--- End quote ---
We\'re lucky to have city water (from Lake Huron), even though we are on a dead end gravel road in the country. The city water came thru several years ago, since are are only a couple miles from a large land fill (aka dump). So, when the power goes out we still have hot (LP hot water heater) and cold running water in the house.
We have a deep well (salty with iron) for the animals.
We have plenty of wood and had a wood burning furnace in the house many years ago. We would like to have one of those detached ones, but the cost is just too high...for now.
I still have the portable 3,500 watt generator and it is very handy. The last couple times I used it was to get the incubators going for a few hours when the power went out. A friend has one of those nice big ones that starts itself up and kicks in when there is a power outage...we can only dream!
Sharon Yorks:
I agree with the wood burner idea, and last year I insisted for Santa to bring me one or I was going to go get one myself. I\'m sure that financially my husband figured it was cheaper for him to get me one for Christmas since we were going to end up with one, one way or the other. Then, I set out to find all the piping needed to bring it all of the way up from the basement. That cost more than the darn wood burner! All year long, I said, \"We need to get someone to install it.\" It\'s still sitting in the box!!! Where do I find the directions on how to knock a dang hole in the wall and what kind of glue to use? Can someone please send me a link?
I\'ve been doing a little more research on the generators. I\'m now thinking it might be smarter to get one that runs on propane. I didn\'t realize they make portables like that. Propane bottles would be much easier to store and I wouldn\'t have to worry about every time I fill up 3-4 containers, put stay-bil in it, then feel comfortable we have extra gas in case of an emergency, I go to the barn and find empty containers and filled up four wheelers and lawn mowers. Ha! Let\'s see them fill em up with propane! Plus, we have 250 gallon propane tank that is only used for our gas fireplace and is almost always full. I\'m now looking seriously at a: ETQ PG60B12 Portable Propane Generator 7000watt. I just need to read some more reviews and find out were it\'s made.
Sharon
Sharon Yorks:
Well, it looks like we have finally made a decision on a generator. We\'re going to pray about it and sleep on it tonight, then if all still seems like a go in the morning, we\'ll be calling to order a: Powerland Tri-Fuel (Gasoline, LPG & NG) Generator 10000/8000 W 16 HP / Electric Start. I really like the idea of it running on gas or propane. They also make a 6500/5500 watt unit, but we decided to go with the bigger one.
My eggs are safe now. I did check out the BYC thread on \"the Bra Incubator.\" That wouldn\'t work for me. I\'m wanting to hatch LF :)
Sharon
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