[Elecraft] OT GENERAC generators

[Bob]

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
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