Re: OT generator question for John T

Posted by NE IA on December 21, 2008 at 13:49:17 from (206.72.18.153):

In Reply to: OT generator question for John T posted by NE IA on December 20, 2008 at 21:15:58:

Thanks everyone for your efforts. In my original post I should have made it clear that I have no intentions of ever doing this, just was a wondering out loud.

A 3,500 watt gen will do just fine for my house as my only concern is a sump pump, and that pump itself was only needed two days in thirty years. A refrigerator maybe needed after a day or two of outage. But total cost of the contents in the refrigerator will not buy the fuel for the generator probably. The wood furnace needs no power, but does have a fan for better heating. And I doubt if I would ever need the big air compressor as I have six smaller ones that would get me by.

Perhaps the only reason I need a generator at all other than at the job site once in a great while, would be to show the neighbors that it's not stupid to own one.

Another reason is to borrow the generators out to my sons who think they will never ever need one. No they can't keep them/ store them for me as they would never get serviced or started till they were needed. I also know the second the lights flicker they will be enroute to come get one, cause dad doesn't need five of them.

Just for the record $30.00 for a 3,500 watt at auction--1-2 pulls to start. Then another at a flea market same size for $75.00 for job site, 1-2 pulls. Then a old guy had a 5,500 watt one for his house, 2 years old and decided he wanted push button start. He wanted $200.00, usualy 1 pull. (now at my house). A week later a 5,500 watt that had been sitting for a while, not guarenteed to run at auction, (his son workes for me said it was bought new and just played with, never used). $150.00 --oil change and gas 2 pulls, now for work. So the 5th one was on a AC WC tractor and runs off the flat belt 3,500 watt, came with the tractor no charge. The guy burned wood, and insisted on a electric chain saw....no I'm not kidding.

So for $455.00, and some lost time at a auction and a flea market I have five generators, and little room to put anything else.

Maybe my kids, nor neighbors think I'm great, but if we have a power outage, I might be more likeable after all. Just kiddin, I have great neighbors, and kids---but it's up to me to look after them till they understand it could happen some day.

My 400 amp pull top cost me only to bend over and pick it up as it was going to scrap because they went considerably bigger at a farmers place. The wires should have been 2" longer on the loops. I did it all my self, and realy think all my junks total is less money than the damages that could be from one outage.

I loan them out from time to time to friends, so I hope most of you all don't think I real crazy.

Thanks again folks. North East Iowa

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