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Alex[_13_]

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/6/2018 2:45 PM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:09:56 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/6/2018 1:11 PM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, 6 January 2018 11:42:35 UTC-4, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
Now I'm ready to move on one of those Honda 2000 generators.
Contacted both local dealerships and all 1000 and 2000 model
generators were sold before I got there. D'oh.

Shipments on way from Montreal. These models are costly here...a
hair over 1K for the smaller unit and just over 1.3K for the 2000
plus HST and a PDI and freight charge of $75.00.
Outrageous...first that crap started with cars and then new
boats. Now on generators??

By the way it was just below 45 degrees F inside our house this
morning.
No country for girliemen Jack Goff.

Bundle up real good. Have you put a deposit on a genset yet?
Better yet prepay for one and go to the head of the line. How is
your house heated? Please don't say elec. Have you protected your
pipes from freezing? How about your heating system? Watch out for
spoiled food in your freezer and fridge. Hopefully you are
keeping your dog warm.
Good luck, buddy.
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Oops..meant to say we were back on power when I sent that message.
Just work up from a snooze on the reclining chair...all this heat
is getting to me.
We actually lost power early in the storm at 1505hrs on Thursday
afternoon. Power company arrived quick enough..but only to secure
the wire knocked down by a large tree branch a few hundred feet up
the street. It took a full 24 hours for the city crew to show up to
cut the big hanging tree limb down and then 3 power company trucks
show up at 0720hrs this morning. Took them about 4 hours to fix
whatever had to be fixed in very cold windy weather. I'm still
waiting to see how our tropical fish fare. Spring Spaniel great
but we put ont one of his jackets this morning. It was getting real
cold inside and out. We do have electric baseboard heating.
Thought it was a good clean, relatively cheap conversion from the
former oil furnace (converted from coal in 1959) that only send
warm air upwards through a floor grate in our entrance hallway.
House built during WW2 and guy who owned it was tight with a dollar.
Anyway, all is good now but after losing power to a fallen limb and
then Hurricane Juan back in 2003 and then this weeks storm, if may
be time to prepare better....especially since winds keep getting
stronger. (there's your Global Warming at work).
As far as the generator, I want something that is easilt
transported. The ones left at the dealership were big and
expensive..and heavy. One 2800w model roughly the same price as
the 2000I weighed almost twice as much. Can't rely on the wife to
carry her end on something like that anymore.

I've never used one of these but it might be worth looking into:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DuraHeat-23-800-BTU-Indoor-Kerosene-Portable-Heater-DH2304/100045793?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal1_rr-_-204700349-_-100045793-_-N

This type of heater was wildly popular around here around 30 years
ago but we don't hear about them now. Wife is sensitive to fumes
while I hate the smoke that seems to escape from our fireplace every
time we open the tempered glass doors to add more logs.
A surprising small amount of heat came from my replica 'Hurricane
Lantern' that burns lamp oil. I had this crazy urge to go walking up
& down our pitch black street swinging it while calling out 'It's 10
o'clock all's well'.

Well, all I can suggest is that you immigrate to Florida.

Bad suggestion.