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Originally Posted by HardDrive
So there is a winter storm coming. And I'm hemming and hawing about buying a generator. I'm looking at a Honda 2000. I don't want a whole house generator, just something I can run the furnace and the fridge off.
If the power doesn't go out, I'm going to have buyers remorse over the $1000 red brick sitting in my garage. That $1000 could go to more urgent needs....like a 1911. If it does go out, I will bask in manly glory as my family is warm and snug, while my neighbors suffer like the unprepared scum they are. I'll hook up the X-mas lights just to spite them.  Even if the power does not go out tomorrow, it will out at some point in the future, and I will feel like a genius.
I am suffering cognitive dissonance. Help. |
Get one. I have several, as in three, one power by the PTO off my tractors.
You don't have time to have a "pug-in" set up done, so get the right amount of power cords and be done with it. Also get at least 10 gallons of gas.
We are at the end of the grid and lose power here at least three times a year. In hurricane season we have been without power for a week.
Ice storms can be similar.
Lastly, figure out how to get the water pump powered if needed.
We are on well water and power the pump to have water...that turns out to be the most important thing.
BTW, after 20 years here, we are installing a whole house stand-by gen in the Spring.