Re: Whole house generators (slightly OT)

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Maybe you should wait...

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"BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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.
>


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