Rain and wind is coming

Yeah thats a necessity,

Nope, power is back on and watching Oregon Ducks slaughter CAL
41 to zip in second quarter.

If I get a gen only need TV, Refrig and 2 lights. One of the lights outlet can run our pellet stove.

We have lived here sense 1993 and have only had one year and that was in December where we lost power for a week and yep 2008. We have a big wood stove in the basement and that keeps the water lines from freezing plus puts heat to the upper lever. A generator would be nice and may get one yet.

Power came back on 2 hours after it went off. We have another storm coming in around 3-4 this afternoon. Having heavy rains right now and high winds coming in again. This is how this country stays so green I guess. Wednesday should be able to ride again.

Second wind and rain storm is coming in now. Has not stopped raining hard sense yesterday. Some areas have broke records for total rainfall amounts. Winds are predicted to be harder than yesterday. Keeping the fingers crossed that power stays on tonight.

I just got a 6500 portable on wheels, roll it out and hook it up.

Put a dryer power outlet in the garage wired to dual 40's,
they remain off until it's time to connect, made up my wire from
the generator to the wall dryer inlet, we kill the main feed to the panel then backfeed

Yeah I know a switch is better but it works and as long as the main
is off to the street it won't back feed the main power grid...

what happens when power comes back on at the street.

I disconnect power to the house at the main breaker first before connecting the generator, no back feed that way, disconnected from the grid...

Since the Main power to the house is off, nothing.
When the street lights and neighbors lights are back on we
kill the generator, unplug it, then switch on the main.

You have to kill the main, that's important, when I did this
it was the year we had three huricanes hit central fl, there were
no generators to be had anywhere, no switches to be found,

Funny went to lowes for some small supplies and they rolled two
pallets of generators out, walked back, grabbed spare flashlight batteries
some tarp, and when I got back up front one pallet was empty and one half gone, so quickly grabbed one and tossed it on the Amex, if we didn't open it and returned it I could get my money back so it was good insurance.

Figures we got hit and had no power for three days, generator saved us, with propane stove and hot water heater we were the only ones with hot water
and power on the block.

Loaned it out to my parents after we had power back and
to a friend that had power out for two weeks, he wouldn't accept it
and took it over at dusk, made him take it and powered him up,
he was afraid his neighbor would be upset, guy came over
and just asked him if he wanted some power off it, he said heck yeah
just wanted to run a light and a window fan, we ran one lead off it to his bedroom and he thanked me.
I was just glad I could help..

Just don't forget to unplug when you throw the main back on.

That's what s really nice in this country and that's the way many help each other in times of need. Good job.

Yeah I bought 4 new 5 gallon cans,
several neighbors had generators, the hard
part was getting gas because the stations didn't
have the electricity to run the pumps.

We found one and took over 20 cans in my truck
to fill it up... You go through about 10 gallons
a day,

They need to improve the exhaust to quiet them down
though...