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Post by Cole D on Sept 23, 2022 20:47:14 GMT -5
Looks like this one could well hit Florida. We have kind of managed to miss any major hurricanes in 2021 and 2020 with the last major one hitting north Florida.
Hope it goes out to sea. I went out tonight and heard lots of talk about the storm and people buying supplies.
I had 1/2 tank in the car but decided to fill up. There was lines at the stations in town but as I got further out toward home I was able to get right in. Always seems similar whenever there is a panic on fuel shortages or storms.
We were supposed to have gas installed at work and built in generator but it didn't happen. So I'm sure we'll just have enough power for the computers but no A/C. Usually when the power is out we just work half days and go home because it gets too hot by the mid day.
I'm hoping the power doesn't go out long. After Charley and Jeanne it was out for two weeks. After Irma in 2017 it was out for longer plus our lines were damaged so we had to have a new service installed which took another week after our neighbors got power back, it was awful. Good thing with that one though is downtown had power within a few days. So I'd go to Walmart and walk around or go to a restaurant for a while after work to cool off. The other storms nobody had power for at least an hour or two away!
If I ever buy a house I'm going to get a small generator and window A/C unit just to cool one bedroom and stay cool at night. That's the worst thing to me is trying to sleep in hot weather with no A/C and no breeze.
Some of our neighbors have whole house generators, the neighbor next door just had one installed, I wish we had one too.
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Post by ^_v on Sept 24, 2022 21:16:08 GMT -5
Looks like this one could well hit Florida. We have kind of managed to miss any major hurricanes in 2021 and 2020 with the last major one hitting north Florida. Hope it goes out to sea. I went out tonight and heard lots of talk about the storm and people buying supplies. I had 1/2 tank in the car but decided to fill up. There was lines at the stations in town but as I got further out toward home I was able to get right in. Always seems similar whenever there is a panic on fuel shortages or storms. We were supposed to have gas installed at work and built in generator but it didn't happen. So I'm sure we'll just have enough power for the computers but no A/C. Usually when the power is out we just work half days and go home because it gets too hot by the mid day. I'm hoping the power doesn't go out long. After Charley and Jeanne it was out for two weeks. After Irma in 2017 it was out for longer plus our lines were damaged so we had to have a new service installed which took another week after our neighbors got power back, it was awful. Good thing with that one though is downtown had power within a few days. So I'd go to Walmart and walk around or go to a restaurant for a while after work to cool off. The other storms nobody had power for at least an hour or two away! If I ever buy a house I'm going to get a small generator and window A/C unit just to cool one bedroom and stay cool at night. That's the worst thing to me is trying to sleep in hot weather with no A/C and no breeze. Some of our neighbors have whole house generators, the neighbor next door just had one installed, I wish we had one too. I never dealt with hurricanes B4
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Post by MrFanMan on Sept 25, 2022 7:40:38 GMT -5
When you decide to pull the trigger on a small generator, pass up the Westinghouse iGen4500. I repair welders and generators for a living, and that machine is so flawed. Go with a Generac if you can help it, or a Champion.
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Post by Cole D on Oct 11, 2022 20:52:17 GMT -5
We fortunately did not have any real damage from the storm. It left every inch of the yard covered in branches and sticks, quite a few limbs, and the neighbor's tree blew over in the back yard. But that was pretty much it. The coast had it so much worse and even inland areas had awful flooding. Here, just about everything was back up and running in about 4-5 days. I didn't really go to town for a few days as work was closed until the following Monday and I was busy getting the yard cleaned up.
We were also really fortunate that the weather got cool after the storm came through. It really didn't even get hot in the house with the windows closed. And the power was only out for a few days, I was amazed how fast they got it back on and in so many areas too. Usually after a hurricane we'd be out 2 weeks where I am, although some areas usually come back sooner. But this time I think 99% were back up within 5 days I heard. Some people never even lost power which is just amazing to me.
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Post by Cole D on Oct 11, 2022 22:20:33 GMT -5
When you decide to pull the trigger on a small generator, pass up the Westinghouse iGen4500. I repair welders and generators for a living, and that machine is so flawed. Go with a Generac if you can help it, or a Champion. Our neighbor on one side had a Generac installed a couple of months ago. When the power went off it would shut down sometimes and they called the electrician out to check it. It turned out that whenever their AC started up the starting wattage was too high for the Generac. The electrician said they needed to install a higher value starting capacitor to lower the current draw but in the mean time they shut off the water heater to lower the amperage draw. We were planning to get an estimate for one but were going to wait until after hurricane season in the winter when prices may be lower with a little less demand. TBH though I'm not sure we really needed one, but we definitely were blessed with the cooler weather this time. Every other hurricane I remember save Wilma it was sweltering and power was out at least two weeks. Wilma was a late hurricane in November and it actually got very cold suddenly when it came through.
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Post by MrFanMan on Oct 12, 2022 9:34:46 GMT -5
Yikes!! Somebody didn't do their due diligence and measure the amperage before purchasing. That's unfortunate. I never really tinker with the permanently-installed generators, just the portable ones. You can find some serious power even in those though. The downside is they're typically gasoline-powered so they lack the efficiency of a diesel model.
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Post by Cole D on Oct 12, 2022 16:56:25 GMT -5
Yeah that's what I was thinking, you would think at least the electricians would have gotten a better knowledge of how much amperage it would take. And even an average all-electric house on a 200 amp service would be about the same you'd think.
Another neighbor down the street was out of town during the storm. They had one that was installed in 2004 but for some reason it didn't start up when the power went off, until after they got home. So I guess something wasn't set right because it was running later when they did whatever to it.
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