Re: Whole house generators (slightly OT)

["Steve" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Enduring Sunday's 6.5 earthquake was no big deal... I only lost one
> picture window.  The real hassle was being without power for 16 muggy
> hours.  If that happened very rarely I'd be happy with my little 6000 watt
> Costco special that runs the reefers and a few lights.  However, Hawaiian
> Electric Company's newest generator is 30 years old and they just haven't
> kept pace with growth on the island. That results in ever more frequent
> outages lasting up to 30 hours (recently).
>
> So, I think it's time for big honkin' generator to serve the whole house.
> I've been looking at the Generac line and I'm considering a 35,000 watt
> unit to serve my 200amp home.  I'd appreciate any info or suggestions that
> any of you have to offer.  I'd like to run it off Natural gas with LP gas
> as a backup.

You have natural gas in Portlock?  Not many neighborhoods in the island do.
My family members were down for about the same time, and it was no fun.