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LockedIs your refrigerator running?

posted on April 01, 2009 at 05:08PM Inappropriate?
Don't worry, I'm not going to tell you to go catch your refrigerator if it's running! Over Christmas I had a family member lose ALL power in their house. Actually, the entire neighborhood was out! They ended up buying a generator to power a couple rooms in their house. It worked out... until the generator broke. They went out to purchase a 2nd generator only to return and find the power back on! Needless to say, I never would have thought to keep a generator around for these kind of situations but it seems like a great idea. Do you keep one around?
replies: 5 latest post: January 10, 2010 at 09:27PM by CougarBait
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posted on August 29, 2009 at 01:29AM
 

It's a good idea.

But, you'd have to have a rotating supply of "fresh" gas to operate a gas engine run generator.

This would mean either a siphon system for your car (stay away from the neighbors' cars :) ) or a regime of filling a spare can (or more) of gasoline and rotating aging fuel into the car to be used, while refreshing the can(s) at the gas station.

Or, acquiring a propane-powered generator.

posted on August 29, 2009 at 01:31AM
 

A word of caution, if your generator makes any appreciable amount of running noise, you will discover "friends" you never had before, coming to your door.

:)

"Can I plug in my extension cord to your generator?"

posted on August 29, 2009 at 02:50PM
 

I'm having the crazy idea for an electric powered generator.............oh, no, wait, it's gone.

posted on August 29, 2009 at 04:31PM
 

Attach one to a treadmill!

No...

Not me - bad knee.

I got TWO dogs.

:)

posted on January 10, 2010 at 09:27PM
 

For around $2,000.00 plus installation you can get a 8000 watt natural gas/propane one that is hard wired into your house & will come on automatically when the power goes out. You'll pay close to half that for a portable gasoline powered one that you have to run cords to, deal with the gas issue, and figure out where to store & operate it from.

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