Posted by Texasmark1 on July 21, 2016 at 06:35:05 from (172.242.5.194):
In Reply to: Power outage posted by Russ from MN on July 21, 2016 at 05:59:45:
I had the cords strung all over the house for many, many years. Usually an ice storm would whack us and one time it was 5 days without power. Seems every time we have an electrical storm our power is first out, last on. Then in the summer, Texas decided to have roaming blackouts where they's shut power down for a few hours in a geographical block and move that around to different sites (share the grief) when the demand exceeded supply on really hot summer days. Well 3 hours or so at 100F is not fun and you can get tired of it real fast....so can MOM......get the drift?
In 2014 I sold a bunch of cows at a super price and had a pocket full of money. I decided I was tired of all that and bought a Generac whole house unit with the switch box, disconnects you from the power company when running to keep from killing a lineman ($500 but worth it). The unit was about $2500 and I installed it with the detailed instructions provided. Bought a 250 gallon propane tank that the local dealer installed and hooked up and was ready to go. It automatically kicked in on several occasions since and it's well worth the peace of mind and convenience. Personally, I expect outages to be more common for various reasons these days and at my advancing age convenience is starting to matter over cost. Also last time I filled up my tanks Propane was $1.09 over 150 gallons, delivered (yes it was a special offer and I took advantage of it).
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