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Author Re: Portable AC Generators
Notan

2005-05-30, 11:54 am

Steve & Susan wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 May 2005 11:01:59 -0400, "George" <george@nospam.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
> I had exactly that happen.
>
> We go away for vacations and all of our family is "back east." Two
> years ago, we came home to a prolonged power failure which caused
> everything in the basement to freeze.
>
> When everything finally thawed out, there was water shooting out all
> over the place. Can you say, "Plumbing: the crash course?"
>
> An automatic transfer switch and generator would have averted that.
> All I would have needed to do is have the propane tank topped off
> before we left.


Do you have a propane generator? I've only seen gasoline powered
generators, but a quick Google search produced lots of "propane"
results. Any downsides to propane?

Notan
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