New England B.S. Thread

Haha. The meteorologists up here are already comparing it to the perfect storm.

 

Same here..Last hurricane I was at the station for 2 days..for a bunch of wind/rain...nothing special

 

I want snow with it!

 

Bah! I hate snow!!

This hurricane crap better not screw with my concert dammit

 

How long did guys have no power after irene up in mass? We lost power for 8 days here

 

fuck this means i gota pull my bullseye out of the water before november WHAT THE F@CK
weather sucks

 

What! Oh no you didn't!

Um, my lights flickered. Really, they flickered for a second and that was it.

 

12 days

 

Good to know. I want it to run my boiler and the water pump (forced hot water heat) and, if we're out of power for a long time, the fridge. I can cycle them so they aren't on at the same time so with a 4000W generator, it shouldn't be an issue.

 

If you are back feeding the panel be sure to shut off the main breaker

 

Sorry if the pics are huge. Here is my first build sorry for shitty pics used my phone

 

Hell yea!!

 

About a week

 

I'm going simple and wiring in a standard 3-prong plug for my boiler, same with the fridge. That way there is absolutely no risk of backfeeding. Eventually I'll get it cleaned up using knife switches and have a permanent connection outside for the generator to just plug into but I want to get this wired up before the winter and Monday's potential storm.

 

My Gen died but I used to just back feed panel after shutting off the main and all the others except for what I wanted running the hear the fridg and one outside light just to piss everybody off

 

Irene was a weak storm, but some friggen guy down the street didnt take down a rotted tree in his yard, instead Irene knocked it down. We lost power for 6 days

 

I think I only lost power for a day or two. Glad I don't live in Vermont.

 

Colman powerhouse 4000w

 

Mike do you have it piped or does it runn off a 20lb or 30lb tank. If it is on a tank how long will it run

 

I've got 2 standard BBQ sized propane tanks, one's full, the other is connected to the grill. Getting it piped in seemed like a hassle so I didn't bother (I have a large propane tank that runs my drier and stove/oven). I've only had it for less than a year but it claims it will run for 10 hours at 50% load on 1 cylinder of LP. Considering I'd only need to run it for a couple hours at a time, I could probably be fine for days since the only critical items are the heat and the fridge. LP stove is great