Quote Originally Posted by stovens View Post
Richard that sounds pretty bad. How did the new tree fort/car port do?
I'm greatfull that all we get is rain, rain and more rain. It still seems to kill the power every other year or so. We definately need a small generator to run things like the furnace, fridge and on demand water heater. The stoves gas so we are good there! I wanted to get one this year, but just couldn't seem to do the 500.00 price tag! I wanted one with a Honda engine, that will work when ever wherever! My neighbor bought two less expensive types on line, but both arrived damaged, niether would start. His son in law bought one from the autozone, it too never worked, some voltage regulator problem, when it comes to needing it, I just want a good quality generator!
Sorry to hear about your troubles but sounds like you guys came thru ok! About 7 or 8 years ago we lost power for 5 days, since then we have kerosine lamps, and coleman stoves etc.., just need the generator!

Steve, I didn’t get to finish the tree house/carport yet but one car was safe. I had two others sitting under the trees, and got concerned. I was able to move them to a safe area.
It could have been a lot worst; some people have been without power for weeks. That would really be tough. We were lucky it was just for a couple of days.

I really like the sears generator that we bought last year under different conditions, extreme heat. We were able to get a window air unit hooked up plus we had a lot of berries in the freezer. I waited along time before buying one but I'm happy I got a good one. They really take a work out running constantly.

I’m like Bob, if I plan things out they usually don’t happen but since I had the generator a good distance away it figured I would need it.

The heat is number one then everything else is just a bonus when it’s so cold, I’m betting there are a lot of broken pipes since it was so cold for so long.

We take for granted the electricity, and complain about the high cost but feeding the generator puts that thought to rest. I’m happy gas was not $4 a gallon when we lost power.

Richard

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