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John H.[_5_]

On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:40:02 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 08:56:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

What we are discussing is a convenient way to hook up a small, portable
generator to feed a limited number of circuits, the most important being
for heat in the winter. As I've mentioned before a whole house system
is nice but we really haven't had enough long term outages to justify it
right now. In five or ten years it would have more "running" time on
it as a result of the weekly 10 minute battery charging exercise they
are programed for than providing power to the house.

If the day comes that I can't physically wheel or carry out a 43 lb
generator and plug it into the outside transfer switch, I'll consider a
whole house genset. To be honest I originally started looking into
this to help out my neighbor. He's 81 years old, has limited funds but
can still heft his little Honda around.

You know, they invented this thing called a "wheel" about 10,000 years
ago and they still work great ;-)
Anything I have that is heavy, has wheels on it. Maybe your neighbor
just needs a wheeled cart to move his generator. My briggs came with
big wheels that roll pretty good even in the grass. It is 250 pounds
or so tho. I put wheels on my drain snake. That sommich is 75# or so
and I can lug it around but I really don't want to. It is one of those
things that I have only used 3 or 4 times in a dozen years but it pays
for itself every time. I feel the same way about the generator that I
have only used once in 8 years. It is actually 13 years old and still
only run once for 8 days, pretty much 24 hours a day. The guy I bought
it from still had the factory tags on it. I don't think he ever
started it.

It might take a lot more outages to feel the same way about a
generator that costs as much as my car.

Wheels are great 'til you have to pick it up to put in or get out of a pickup. Then an extra pair of
hands is very nice to have.