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Article #623369Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 01:45
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 01:45
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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> writes: > Those generators are costly and require maintenance. I've thought > about getting one but it's more hassle than it's worth for the few > times that I've had a serious power outage. Among other things the > generator gets its own load panel to which loads that are considered > "critical" are fed, which may mean a good bit of rewiring. We have wood heat/cooking plus bottled propane backup for cooking in hot weather. Water is hand-pumped. The gen set in the woodshed isn't wired into the house. A 100' extension cord run through a port bored through the house wall feeds the fridge and freezers if an outage is more than a few hours. As for oil heat vs. electric or other fuels: If you have a leak of long duration or catastrophic damage to your fuel oil tank, you can be in for environmental cleanup, depending on you location and how quickly & effectively you can deal with it yourself, on the low order of $10^4. Lights, computers, other appliances aren't "critical" but can run off the gen set if need justifies enduring the background noise and fuel. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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