Wet Horace
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I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Horace Be safe!!
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I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
I’d like to have a setup like that, but I have not invested in any sort of generator. Maybe this will be a wake up call. Easing into hurricanes with a baby category 1 as my first.
Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Wet Horace:
The internet company
I expect they will be pretty fast with repairs, they probably have the linemen pre-positioned around the area.
Whenever a hurricane is going to come near here you will see caravans of a dozen electric company cherry-pickers, from out of town, sitting and waiting to get dispatched.
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@Horace said in Wet Horace:
The internet company
I expect they will be pretty fast with repairs, they probably have the linemen pre-positioned around the area.
Whenever a hurricane is going to come near here you will see caravans of a dozen electric company cherry-pickers, from out of town, sitting and waiting to get dispatched.
@Copper said in Wet Horace:
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
The internet company
I expect they will be pretty fast with repairs, they probably have the linemen pre-positioned around the area.
Whenever a hurricane is going to come near here you will see caravans of a dozen electric company cherry-pickers, from out of town, sitting and waiting to get dispatched.
I was down in a Georgia rest area one time, and there were ALOT of utility trucks there from northern states. They all had been in Florida to help with a hurricane.
I overheard them talking to someone and they were saying that they basically have to sleep in their truck a lot because accommodations are hard to find, but they are making $$$$$$$$$$$$$ on jobs like those, so they dont mind so much.
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@Copper said in Wet Horace:
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
The internet company
I expect they will be pretty fast with repairs, they probably have the linemen pre-positioned around the area.
Whenever a hurricane is going to come near here you will see caravans of a dozen electric company cherry-pickers, from out of town, sitting and waiting to get dispatched.
I was down in a Georgia rest area one time, and there were ALOT of utility trucks there from northern states. They all had been in Florida to help with a hurricane.
I overheard them talking to someone and they were saying that they basically have to sleep in their truck a lot because accommodations are hard to find, but they are making $$$$$$$$$$$$$ on jobs like those, so they dont mind so much.
@taiwan_girl said in Wet Horace:
@Copper said in Wet Horace:
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
The internet company
I expect they will be pretty fast with repairs, they probably have the linemen pre-positioned around the area.
Whenever a hurricane is going to come near here you will see caravans of a dozen electric company cherry-pickers, from out of town, sitting and waiting to get dispatched.
I was down in a Georgia rest area one time, and there were ALOT of utility trucks there from northern states. They all had been in Florida to help with a hurricane.
I overheard them talking to someone and they were saying that they basically have to sleep in their truck a lot because accommodations are hard to find, but they are making $$$$$$$$$$$$$ on jobs like those, so they dont mind so much.
Depends on where you live at, when talking how much a lineman makes. Down here, it's probably mid-30's to high-30's per hour. Storm guys make more. I don't know how their OT is calculated.
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@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
I’d like to have a setup like that, but I have not invested in any sort of generator. Maybe this will be a wake up call. Easing into hurricanes with a baby category 1 as my first.
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
I’d like to have a setup like that, but I have not invested in any sort of generator. Maybe this will be a wake up call. Easing into hurricanes with a baby category 1 as my first.
BIL lives in rural Florida. A few years ago, he put in a 500 gallon in-ground propane tank that powers his stove and his Generac whole house generator.
He's happier than a dead pig in the sunshine.
But you can get by on less. Biggest things you need to power are your refrigerator, freezer and a small window A/C. You want to keep food from spoiling and you want to sleep cool.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Link to video
Peach tree, fig bush, oak tree all weathering the storm so far. The oak behind the fence died a while ago, which reduces wind drag. Good survival mechanism.
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Good advice there @Jolly . I use non-ethanol gas for my small engines, after changing the carb on the snow blower when I first moved to the tundra. I'm not sure why everyone doesn't use it... it's only a few cents more at the gas station and lasts as long as water.
@Horace I see the "eye" is getting close. Thanks for the video update, protect the fig tree at all costs!
The oak behind the fence died a while ago, which reduces wind drag. Good survival mechanism.
Enough talk about Biden!!
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Hope Horace is dry.
Got wet down there...
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-beryl-texas-7dfd5353671ee30d0c6d11518ea5a370
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We never lost power but did get a delayed reaction internet outage which I assume has to do with a power loss elsewhere. Had to drive to get cell coverage to send some emails and to let TNCR know that I am OK. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Trump 2024 campaign.
Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Wet Horace:
@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
I’d like to have a setup like that, but I have not invested in any sort of generator. Maybe this will be a wake up call. Easing into hurricanes with a baby category 1 as my first.
BIL lives in rural Florida. A few years ago, he put in a 500 gallon in-ground propane tank that powers his stove and his Generac whole house generator.
He's happier than a dead pig in the sunshine.
But you can get by on less. Biggest things you need to power are your refrigerator, freezer and a small window A/C. You want to keep food from spoiling and you want to sleep cool.
@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
@Jolly said in Wet Horace:
I don't know, Horace may have a whole house generator (if he does, I'm green with envy), but if any of you run portable gas generators, a small public service announcement...
- Buy non-ethanol gasoline. It keeps longer. Stuff with ethanol starts to go south in 30 days.
- Sta-bil is okay, but this stuff is much, much better:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRI-PRI-G-Gas-Treatment-16-oz-CP123/312513693
You can buy PRI-G at HD, Amazon or other places. Hands down, simply the best preservative I have found. I bought 20 gallons of gas yesterday and put it up for hurricane season and this winter. 20 gallons plus the 5 in the generator should give me 50 hours run time. That's usually fine up here. If I lived below I-10, I'd double the gas amount.
I don't have one of the generators with the good sine wave technology, mine are more old skool. Which is fine, I'm not running sensitive electronic stuff.
Running portable generators is all about sizing and power needs. Less power you need, smaller motor and generating capacity. But less motor means less fuel. With a little juggling, I can run my frig, two freezers, a 6000 btu window unit, most lights and some of my outlets. Any cooking (or coffee) is done on my propane grill or side burner. That allows me to keep my food frozen or cold, stay cool in my main room, have Wi-Fi (if it's working) and use the satellite with the tv.
As an old man, I don't enjoy being hot and miserable as much as I used to.
I’d like to have a setup like that, but I have not invested in any sort of generator. Maybe this will be a wake up call. Easing into hurricanes with a baby category 1 as my first.
BIL lives in rural Florida. A few years ago, he put in a 500 gallon in-ground propane tank that powers his stove and his Generac whole house generator.
He's happier than a dead pig in the sunshine.
But you can get by on less. Biggest things you need to power are your refrigerator, freezer and a small window A/C. You want to keep food from spoiling and you want to sleep cool.
just thought of something else... Popular in many places are natural gas powered generators. They work well, since natural gas burns very clean and motors don't get carboned up as bad. And you don't need the big propane tank, buried or not. (Note: You don't want a portable generator that runs off of 20 pound tanks, they burn too much fuel).
But...
During the aftermath of Katrina, power to the pumping stations went down and eventually the line pressure dropped so low, that the generators could no longer function. That's a very isolated incident from a very major storm, but just something to think about.
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We never lost power but did get a delayed reaction internet outage which I assume has to do with a power loss elsewhere. Had to drive to get cell coverage to send some emails and to let TNCR know that I am OK. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Trump 2024 campaign.
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
We never lost power but did get a delayed reaction internet outage which I assume has to do with a power loss elsewhere. Had to drive to get cell coverage to send some emails and to let TNCR know that I am OK. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Trump 2024 campaign.
I sent an in-kind donation.
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@Horace said in Wet Horace:
We never lost power but did get a delayed reaction internet outage which I assume has to do with a power loss elsewhere. Had to drive to get cell coverage to send some emails and to let TNCR know that I am OK. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Trump 2024 campaign.
I sent an in-kind donation.
@jon-nyc said in Wet Horace:
@Horace said in Wet Horace:
We never lost power but did get a delayed reaction internet outage which I assume has to do with a power loss elsewhere. Had to drive to get cell coverage to send some emails and to let TNCR know that I am OK. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Trump 2024 campaign.
I sent an in-kind donation.
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