Posted by Texasmark1 on February 11, 2014 at 11:23:52 from (172.242.14.143):
In Reply to: Generators posted by JD60677 on February 11, 2014 at 06:37:54:
I have a 5kw from Home Depot I have had since the '83 ice storm. Tried to use it for field arc welding and was just too light. Couple of years ago added a HF Chicago Electric 6.5kw normal, 7 surge, which handles the welder just fine.
The small one runs on a 10 hp Techumseh engine and the other a 16 hp Chicago electric. For light loading I run the small one especially when gas is in short supply here at the house.
I put them on the South porch since the wind is usually from the North, when necessary to use them in winter, and run extension cords into the house to the appliances I choose to operate. Obviously computers are part of that and I have the battery power + spike suppressor type isolation between the line and the computers so I don't worry about power variances from the portable power units.
I just plug the appliance into the extension cord and don't have to worry about back feed or any of that. Ok so I have extension cords running through the house and don't have hot water. Big deal. This is a temporary, not having to do without senario. I can put up with a little inconvenience.
For what it's worth a guy posted on here a couple of weeks or so ago that he built a new house about 5 years ago and included a 20 kw Genrac run off LP gas. It is a permanent installation with changeover breakers and all for about $6k plus installation. If power outages were common occurrence I would certainly be looking at something like that. TSC and Northern Tool plus others sell them.
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