Rolling Blackouts..

[347Mike]

Wait until the assholes in Washington have their way with coal powered plants...

Please do! That way I can invest in coal cars!

[RWhite]

Anyone have a standby whole house generator? Or knows someone who does?

My 5KW generator, I used at the drag strip, only keeps my one room out in the garage cool in an emergency!

[Broncojohnny]

My wife even hung clothes out side on hangers to dry. LOL She told me a minute ago she wants a clothes line for our sunroom. My house is at 82 but not by choice it is because my ac is having hell keeping up. Still I only had it at 78.

Time for some tinfoil on the windows!

[Silverback]

I just turned the a/c in the office down to 69, it was getting warm in here

[grove rat]

Anyone have a standby whole house generator? Or knows someone who does?

My 5KW generator, I used at the drag strip, only keeps my one room out in the garage cool in an emergency!

my parents have a pull start gas generator that will at least power a 110 ac unit, fan and the fridge. last storm that knocked off the power for a day we got it going and it had no problem running that. dunno what size it is but if it powers that stuff that's enough

[Strychnine]

lol I was running 100kw resistive load banks at work full blast yesterday for 4+ hours....

LMAO!




"I need power to keep my computers, refrigerator, etc running. Could you turn that... thing... off?"

"Fuck you! I need to run these giant-ass toasters... that I don't even have bread big enough for!"

[JJs89lx]

82 isn't hot

That is to hot....

Bullshit. We keep the house at 72 - 74.

Mine sits at 68. My room is actually 3-7 degrees colder than the entire house usually is.

Thermostat is set at 68 and the house is a nice 71 degrees and my room is nice 68 degrees. I have my own climate... Low of 63 today with a high of 68. I'm a little north west of Houston though.

[Baba Ganoush]

Days like this, I don't miss my job in the electric delivery business.


A few days of 100+ is expected around here and not so bad. A month or more consecutive 100+ days, we are being punished for something.

[ram57ta]

A 3000-3500 watt generator will pretty easily run 2 small window units and a few lights....and MIGHT run an average refrigerator although if you keep the doors closed its insulation should keep it pretty cold for several hours. My 5500 watt generator will run just about the entire house provided the A/C, clothes dryer, water heater, and cooktop/oven arent used. For a REAL whole house generator you need about 7000-8000 watt running capacity with a surge capacity of around 10-12kw for kicking on A/C compressors and high load appliances.

[RWhite]

my parents have a pull start gas generator that will at least power a 110 ac unit, fan and the fridge. last storm that knocked off the power for a day we got it going and it had no problem running that. dunno what size it is but if it powers that stuff that's enough

I can power the window unit, the TV and the lights. Not much more in the room, so at least we are comfortable, although here the last few days, the window unit had trouble keeping it lower than 78-80 degrees. The room, 15 X 15 ft., is in a large metal garage and that does not help!

Being retired, I have too much time on my hands worrying about things. When we lose power in the winter, I have the same thoughts about a standby generator.

[kingjason]

Time for some tinfoil on the windows!

LOL we were just discussing trying that as a test. I may report back tommorrow with results.

[Leah]

That's doing your part for the community Lea... we all thank you for your efforts but I'm sure Chili will disagree LOL

You can all thank me for you still having power right now. I ordered Pizza Hut instead of cooking to offset the fact that we keep the A/C at 72.

Bullshit. We keep the house at 72 - 74.

No fucking higher than 72 or it gets uncomfortable!

Its probably snowing inside Jerryworld right now.

LMAO!

[Broncojohnny]

LOL we were just discussing trying that as a test. I may report back tommorrow with results.

It works. Especially if you have an older house with crappy windows. Although hanging some thick blankets over the window or getting insulated curtain liners works too and is much easier to do.

Someone mentioned solar panels and I priced enough panels to power my house and it would cost about $40,000 not counting government rebates or tax credits and such.

[Forever_frost]

My house is sitting at 75 with the central unit at 78. The Army Wounded Warrior program was kind enough to give me 2 window units last year when the central died. They help considerably

[Forever_frost]

It works. Especially if you have an older house with crappy windows. Although hanging some thick blankets over the window or getting insulated curtain liners works too and is much easier to do.

Someone mentioned solar panels and I priced enough panels to power my house and it would cost about $40,000 not counting government rebates or tax credits and such.

To run 50% of my usage would run 60k