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Originally Posted By Iamhere: Am in Naples. If you got questions or need help, let me know. Some hurricanes we ignore and some set us into motion. Depends ,..... View Quote Thank you. I'm really liking it here. Except the humidity.. holy crap its like Illinois when I was a kid. How far is Naples from Pensacola, might have to have a beer sometime? |
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I’m not a fan of backfeeding the house thru a dryer plug. First, it doesn’t isolate your house from the grid if linemen are restoring power. They could get hurt. Get a proper switch on your breaker panel for generator back feed. And if there is any damage to your house, a back feed could lead to house fires, as happened after hurricane Andrew.
MREs are OK, but better to get non-refrigerated type items that you would eat anyway from your preferred supermarket. Two generators. One for daylight use, usually higher wattage output and louder. A second for nighttime use (like Honda or equivalent) for quieter night use on fans or window A/C units. And extension cords. Practice load sharing: plug in the freezer for a few hours, then fridge. Then the well to fill tanks or drums. Then hot water heater A propane burner or Coleman stove for cooking with at least two standard 20 lb or so bottles of propane. Outside use. If you have a well to supply water, then a electrical pigtail that can be wired into the pressure switch to run the well off the generator. A supply of spare parts for the generators like oil, spark plugs, fuel lines. For aftermath cleanup, chainsaw and items to support cleanup. High top rubber boots if you may have to work in flood conditions. If you have young kids, battery powered devices to keep them entertained and videos for them to watch. Old school for my kids was a 12volt TV with DVD player that would operate from a car battery. More energy efficient devices today. A few gallons of bleach and a pressurized sprayer. Have been flooded before, and tearing out the wet drywall with the ability to treat the studs with bleach will help with mold mitigation. The bleach is also good for water purification if needed. |
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Well, survived my first tropical storm. Even got stuck working outside in it. Although this was a minor storm I was told. I need to stash some supplies in my vehicle and at work in case they close the bridge's during next one.
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Chain up your generator. They do steal them. Last big storm we had, S.O. arrested 2 guys with bolt cutters and a hand truck. They were stealing generators and gas cans. Parking in the woods, and using the hand truck to transport the stolen loot to the truck. They said they were taking them to South Florida to sell them.
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Originally Posted By Lucky13Don: Well, survived my first tropical storm. Even got stuck working outside in it. Although this was a minor storm I was told. I need to stash some supplies in my vehicle and at work in case they close the bridge's during next one. View Quote Let’s just hope mother nature takes it easy on us first timers this year. |
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Looks like we have another storm brewing.. everyone get your gas cans filled and French toast supplies.
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Originally Posted By denverdan: Let's just hope mother nature takes it easy on us first timers this year. View Quote Best away to approach it all. Think like your camping. If you backpack...it'll be easier....cheaper.. Than if you glamp in a 30ft RV with ac,sat tv and hit showers.... And milk....gotta have milk... |
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i dont want my final jig in the belly of a squid.
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Originally Posted By protus: Trial by fire bro..... Best away to approach it all. Think like your camping. If you backpack...it'll be easier....cheaper.. Than if you glamp in a 30ft RV with ac,sat tv and hit showers.... And milk....gotta have milk... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By protus: Originally Posted By denverdan: Let's just hope mother nature takes it easy on us first timers this year. Best away to approach it all. Think like your camping. If you backpack...it'll be easier....cheaper.. Than if you glamp in a 30ft RV with ac,sat tv and hit showers.... And milk....gotta have milk... Good point. My wife is still in Colorado so I suppose if it’s gonna get ugly it may as well be this year. I live in the Keys not a whole lot of places to go haha. |
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Bought my 1st generator. Dual fuel Inverter. Champion 100574.
Next I will price a whole house generator. Food and water, CHECK. Firearms and ammo CHECK Gas cans full CHECK Propane Full CHECK |
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Something to think about we did an inlaw suite addition and planned it out pretty well. Got a mid side standy by Gen Set to run the addition and critical home circuits and moved to a propane on demand hot water heater then buried a thousand gallon tank.
Never ending whole house hot water and 33 % of the house with AC... well at least for 66 days or so with some load management. |
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Originally Posted By deputygadget: Something to think about we did an inlaw suite addition and planned it out pretty well. Got a mid side standy by Gen Set to run the addition and critical home circuits and moved to a propane on demand hot water heater then buried a thousand gallon tank. Never ending whole house hot water and 33 % of the house with AC... well at least for 66 days or so with some load management. View Quote How much did the genny and the tank run you? |
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A larger dual fuel portable generator is worth considering. I bought a 11,050 (gas) / 9,000 (lpg) watt genny back in April. With some careful load management, it should power my entire house, including the A/C and well. I also bought a few 20# propane tanks for it. You can do tank exchanges just about anywhere, even CVS and Walgreens, for less than $20. Generlink makes a transfer switch that mounts between your electric meter and the panel (http://www.generlink.com/). If an outage occurs, you simply plug your genny in with the provided cable and you're gtg. They were on a 12-14 week back-order when I ordered mine.
Best of all, if I ever move again, all of this stuff moves with me. |
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it was a while ago $2300 for a 11kw Generac with 100 amp load center and auto transfer switch. We were wiring an addition up at the time so we used the transfer switch panel as the main load center for the addition little bit of cost saving and no rewiring to a panel since it was wired in on new construction.
I wired the gen set to the panel $120 worth of conduit and wire. $100 permit 1000 gallon tank $2600 $300 labor buring and hooking up tank. $300ish hose line regulators stuff $2400 to fill the tank at the time Pricy project but 2 months of 1/3 house power, well 1 AC unit, whole house hot water is pretty good peace of mind. Hot water is super cool done plenty of days showering outside with pots and rain barrels. The on demand propane hot water heater seems to have cut electric bill by about 30%. My job may keep me away from the house for extended periods during natural disasters or severe weather events so I may not be able to be home dragging generators and gas cans around. Although we have 2 of those and plenty of full cans of no E if things get super sideways. Gen Set is on a 2.5 foot platform of crossed timbers filled with gravel, buried tank has a 2.5 foot snorkel on the regulator. The tech said it will work if flooded but I asked they put a snorkel on the regulator anyway. Puts it about a foot or so above the slab height so I can make a call if I want to fight a flood with sandbags and pumps. Propane is the way to go natural gas can be shut down during local flooding events or extended weather events. |
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Originally Posted By wmagrush: I’m not a fan of backfeeding the house thru a dryer plug. First, it doesn’t isolate your house from the grid if linemen are restoring power. They could get hurt. Get a proper switch on your breaker panel for generator back feed. And if there is any damage to your house, a back feed could lead to house fires, as happened after hurricane Andrew. MREs are OK, but better to get non-refrigerated type items that you would eat anyway from your preferred supermarket. Two generators. One for daylight use, usually higher wattage output and louder. A second for nighttime use (like Honda or equivalent) for quieter night use on fans or window A/C units. And extension cords. Practice load sharing: plug in the freezer for a few hours, then fridge. Then the well to fill tanks or drums. Then hot water heater A propane burner or Coleman stove for cooking with at least two standard 20 lb or so bottles of propane. Outside use. If you have a well to supply water, then a electrical pigtail that can be wired into the pressure switch to run the well off the generator. A supply of spare parts for the generators like oil, spark plugs, fuel lines. For aftermath cleanup, chainsaw and items to support cleanup. High top rubber boots if you may have to work in flood conditions. If you have young kids, battery powered devices to keep them entertained and videos for them to watch. Old school for my kids was a 12volt TV with DVD player that would operate from a car battery. More energy efficient devices today. A few gallons of bleach and a pressurized sprayer. Have been flooded before, and tearing out the wet drywall with the ability to treat the studs with bleach will help with mold mitigation. The bleach is also good for water purification if needed. View Quote "If you have a well to supply water, then a electrical pigtail that can be wired into the pressure switch to run the well off the generator" I did this for my 1.5HP 120V well and single element 120V water heater. Make sure you open the breakers for these circuits as well as the main so you don't backfeed into the remainder of the houses circuit or back to the pole. |
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Originally Posted By nowgrn4: "If you have a well to supply water, then a electrical pigtail that can be wired into the pressure switch to run the well off the generator" I did this for my 1.5HP 120V well and single element 120V water heater. Make sure you open the breakers for these circuits as well as the main so you don't backfeed into the remainder of the houses circuit or back to the pole. View Quote But im.old school.... |
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i dont want my final jig in the belly of a squid.
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lets grab a beer Protus. Been way too long
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i dont want my final jig in the belly of a squid.
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Thanks, this thread went a good way toward making my other half feel better about moving to hurricane country.
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Things I learned from last season:
SOLAR GENERATOR + PANEL = always have fridge and freezer indefinitely - Spend under $400 and get a 600Wh solar generator (current deal is for $369 for 614Wh on Rockpals website) - Spend another $200 for a 200W solar panel Optional: spend another $100 or $200 to add a 2nd 120W or 200W panel if you want to be able to recharge your generator 2x quicker. - if you opt for a second solar panel you’ll need a $20 parallel cable from Amazon to be able to charge using both at the same time Next, if you don’t already have these (most of us do) … - Spend $350 and buy a 7-cu ft “Garage Ready”deep freeze - Spend another $200 and get a 4 or 5-cu ft beer fridge Now store both fridge & freezer side by side in your garage. If power goes out, simply unplug from the wall and plug both into your solar generator. You can even recharge with with your solar panel(s) while both devices are still plugged in. You can even recharge on an overcast day Now you have everything you need to keep your drinks cold, and quite a bit of shit frozen indefinitely. And the best part is, even if a storm doesn’t happen, you will still use everything pretty regularly (besides the solar panels). 500 GAL PROPANE TANK + DUAL-FUEL generator = no more fucking with gas cans, gummed up carbs, and refilling propane tanks If you have your propane grill outside already connected to a propane stub w/ quick connect off your existing 500 gal propane tank, and you have a propane capable generator (I’ve got a sportsman dual-fuel) —- then all you need to do is create a quick-connect cord that goes from the stub to the genset. I ordered mine off Amazon for $15 Then you no longer have to dick around with going to fill up small ass propane tanks or gas cans when a storm is approaching. Spend that time neckbearding bottled water and bourbon instead |
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We got our generator at a pawn shop 30 years ago.
It ran great for Ian. |
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Originally Posted By jordanmills: How about running the generator on natural gas? It's a lot easier and faster to hook up to natural gas than to go out and fill up propane. If it doesn't come from the store able to run on natural gas, it's usually pretty easy to get a kit (about $200) that will let you safely insert a mount after the carburetor and supply natural gas when it needs it (and not supply it when it's not needed - which is the major safety issue with most natural gas generator hacks). Add a window unit AC so you don't melt your backside off because your generator is too small to run central AC or isn't wired for it. View Quote Not many places in Florida have natural gas. Solid point on window units. |
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Mow your lawn before the storm. You don't want to be doing cleanup in long grass and it's going to be wet for days.
https://a.co/d/4b77ym8 $414 for a 2500 watt fuel fuel generator. Used one of these to get through the last few storms, runs like a champ. Ryobi makes some great lights and small inverters. Load up on batteries during Ryobi Days at Home Depot. We use them to provide light at night, fans, a small inverter that runs the router, and USB adapters to keep the devices charged. Recharge the Ryobi batteries when the generator is running to keep the fridge and freezer cold.https://a.co/d/4b77ym8 |
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"F*ck it I'm done. Nothing to say other than I'm done giving a f*ck." - xerxes2695 - 1-6-2021 - 1849hrs.
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Waiting for the Starlink Mini to be released this year (soon) to be able to maintain internet after a hurricane blows through.
https://www.starlink.com/specifications?spec=5 |
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Hurricane paths are unpredictable even 12 hours out. Hurricane Michael was heading straight for my house between Navarre and FWB, so we evacuated it made a sever turn east and smashed Mexico Beach. No effect/damage to our house.
Hurricane Sally was making landfall well west of our house when we went to bed. It turned east and we woke up to 4 feet of storm surge in our garage, hard winds and torrential rain. At that point we could not evacuate and had to hunker down and ride it out. Probably the single most scary event in my life. |
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2 cycle fuel Bar oil Extra chain Chaps Nows the time to make sure she runs. If she don’t, get her fixed. Power companies initially can only get down roads that are accessible, if you get your road accessible then your chance of getting power back on just might be expedited. Has always worked for me, ymmv. |
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Originally Posted By drewski81: Chainsaw 2 cycle fuel Bar oil Extra chain Chaps Nows the time to make sure she runs. If she don’t, get her fixed. Power companies initially can only get down roads that are accessible, if you get your road accessible then your chance of getting power back on just might be expedited. Has always worked for me, ymmv. View Quote Same here. Will add that it is better to verify with power co. that power is off for a person's location before starting any clearing. Doesn't hurt to be safe. |
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Having lived in Florida most of my life, I’ve always been prepped for hurricanes; food, water, coolers, paper products, etc. I’ve always had to work during storms (Fire/EMS and LE) so I was rarely home during and after storms. After Sally. I got off work and came home to my house without power. Figured I’d need a generator but still never bought one. . I finally purchased a portable generator last week. Ordered some Wavian gas cans and got a 30a extension cord. I’ll use it to run the freezer, fridge, etc. when I’m home. And maybe a window AC unit in the bedroom. Now that I’ve finally purchased a generator, Im sure we won’t see another storm in my area now
I did purchase a few of the tub liners I saw posted previously. I like the idea of those to use the water for cleaning, etc. if the water goes out. |
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Originally Posted By tc2129: Having lived in Florida most of my life, I’ve always been prepped for hurricanes; food, water, coolers, paper products, etc. I’ve always had to work during storms (Fire/EMS and LE) so I was rarely home during and after storms. After Sally. I got off work and came home to my house without power. Figured I’d need a generator but still never bought one. . I finally purchased a portable generator last week. Ordered some Wavian gas cans and got a 30a extension cord. I’ll use it to run the freezer, fridge, etc. when I’m home. And maybe a window AC unit in the bedroom. Now that I’ve finally purchased a generator, Im sure we won’t see another storm in my area now I did purchase a few of the tub liners I saw posted previously. I like the idea of those to use the water for cleaning, etc. if the water goes out. View Quote BEST insurance you will ever buy! |
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"F*ck it I'm done. Nothing to say other than I'm done giving a f*ck." - xerxes2695 - 1-6-2021 - 1849hrs.
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Originally Posted By MikeJGA: Hurricane paths are unpredictable even 12 hours out. Hurricane Michael was heading straight for my house between Navarre and FWB, so we evacuated it made a sever turn east and smashed Mexico Beach. No effect/damage to our house. Hurricane Sally was making landfall well west of our house when we went to bed. It turned east and we woke up to 4 feet of storm surge in our garage, hard winds and torrential rain. At that point we could not evacuate and had to hunker down and ride it out. Probably the single most scary event in my life. View Quote Plenty of times I thought we were in for a storm... only to have the path change for the better. |
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Great deal on a 2,232 Wh solar generator for $799, posted in another thread yesterday:
Originally Posted By The_Reaper: I literally just bought this unit: LINK Currently on sale for $799. Advertised as 2400W 5000W peak 2232WH View Quote |
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I need to get my antique Winco gasoline rig running... I had a PTO rig, sent it up north to my kid with the diesel tractor to run it..
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Another old guy
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