Well after hurricane Sandy I was out for well over a week. And I'm 50 miles
inland in the NW corner of NJ. A big issue was gas. Even gas stations that had
gas had no power to pump it.
I had an old Dayton with a Briggs & Stratton engine.rated at 2.5kw. Ran fine for
duration but killer was 25 hour oil change interval and pull starting. It like
many small engines had a "splash" oiling system. Generac has generators at many
price points. I settled on an 8KW unit with electric start but the more
important feature was a full pressure oiling system with filter and 100 hour
change intervals. Just another consideration if looking at generators
especially smaller ones.
Since purchase it has more testing than generating hours. I hope it stays that
way.
73,
Bob
K2TK ex KN2TKR & K2TKR
On 7/27/2014 1:04 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
One side topic was “how long could power be out?”
At the Carleton Complex fire in Washington, power is being restored after seven
days.
I grew up in Baton Rouge. After Hurricane Betsy in 1965, our phones were out
for seven days and power for ten days. We lived in a suburban area in the
middle of town.
wunder
K6WRU
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/
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