I don't know who can afford it these days, have you ever looked at the cost 
of a generator and having it installed? wow! I have a friend who has a 
military huge one, he can run his whole house off it with out it even 
breaking a sweat.
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From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter 
East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table


> go big or go home right? lol
> that's a pretty big generator.
> You could easily maintain essentials with a 5K I would think.
> Unless you had some pretty specific power needs that required allot of
> juice.
>
> I'll bet that there is a pretty big run on generators in the north east
> right now, and for some time to come as people realize how easy it is to
> lose power for a significant amount of time.
> In fact, I would say being in the business of installing home generators 
> is
> going to be a booming business for a while.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:52 AM
> Subject: Re: NJ Storm and Emergency Power; was: Report On Today's 40-meter
> East Coast Mid West Blind Ops Round table
>
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> As Colin said, just limited by amount of propane and maintenance needs
>> of unit.
>>
>> My brother had a 15K standby generator  installed  after last summers
>> storm, along with propane tank (or tanks).  In this recent storm, it ran
>> the entire house  4 full days until power came back.   He did have the
>> propane guys out once to top off the propane, but that was really due to
>> not knowing just how long it would be until power was restored, rather
>> than any fear of running out.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>