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

1:09 PMMr. Luddite
On 1/6/2018 1:11 PM, True North wrote:
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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
....

Those kero-sun do good. Just gotta get used to a bit of kerosene smell

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.
--
x


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http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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'.

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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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.

On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:51:55 UTC-4, 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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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.

My buddy in the BVI always claimed that Costs Rica was a good choice. You only needed to prove that you had a modest pension income to be allowed to retire there.

True North wrote:
On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:51:55 UTC-4, 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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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.

My buddy in the BVI always claimed that Costs Rica was a good choice.
You only needed to prove that you had a modest pension income to be
allowed to retire there.


I have a couple of union buddies who retired there. They love it.

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True North wrote:
On Saturday, 6 January 2018 15:51:55 UTC-4, 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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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.

My buddy in the BVI always claimed that Costs Rica was a good choice.
You only needed to prove that you had a modest pension income to be
allowed to retire there.


Depends how you want to live. Costa Rica for the non Tico is expensive.
The minimum wage is $660 a month. There is a 9% tax on wages for health
care. You will have to buy an insurance policy as a foreigner. Unless
you want to live in a lower income area. A shuttle driver lives in a
$120,000 house. Just returned from there last night. The condo we
rented in Jaco sells for $450-600k. Variable condo fees. Which are
probably no cheap, as they spread the cost of the community area over all
the condos. Pool, landscaping. I think the property tax is 0.25% of
value or sales price a year.

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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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.

On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 11:45:39 -0800 (PST), 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.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

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'.

If your fireplace is allowing smoke to come in the room, then you've got a problem somewhere. This
may help, and you'll like the accent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6LyoVLi3Q

He seems to have covered most everything.

On 1/6/2018 3:29 PM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 11:45:39 -0800 (PST), 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'.

If your fireplace is allowing smoke to come in the room, then you've got a problem somewhere. This
may help, and you'll like the accent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6LyoVLi3Q

He seems to have covered most everything.



My brother just installed a pellet stove in his enclosed but unheated
porch. I was a little concerned when I noticed that the piping for the
exhaust took a 90 degree turn going through the wall but did not extend
upward, higher than the roof line that is typical of chimneys or wood
burning stove piping in order to establish a draft. It just terminated
in a cover with the exhaust opening facing downward on the outside wall.

Then I noticed that the exhaust piping had a two-inch inlet from the
outside into the exhaust pipe right at the stove. It's purpose is to
generate a draft in the piping, preventing any down drafts. I was there
when he fired it up for the first time and was amazed at how well it works.