They talked him out of it due to the fence, pool and septic proximity. He’s going to either have them relocate it and do it or put a small fence around it. It’s next to the privacy fence, so I would just do the small fence.
Sounds like my situation...between the pool, irrigation, fences, trees and all sorts of other BS around here there is almost nowhere you can dig......or dig without repairing or replacing something else.
Do you have the ability to shut yours down manually? Like say if your electricity were still down and you wanted to shutdown for a few hours in the middle of the night or whenever to reserve fuel? The reason I ask is I really don't want to go with a 500 gallon tank because I probably wouldn't be able to bury it. I'm assuming the 22kw probably uses 4gph or so under full load....so a 250g tank would be about 9 days worth of full running 24/7.....just curious.
but it looks like it created some good conversation. Apparently she doesn't want to pay for anything we can't take with us when we do buy a house lol
So I guess I dug this thread up for nothing
I was going to consider this generator, because of it's output and the reviews basically stating it is legit, and for the price there is nothing that compares that I found.
A-iPower 9000-Watt Gasoline Powered Electric Start Portable Generator-SUA12000E - The Home Depot
Was then going to install a manual transfer switch, because the cost of doing so is very close to the cost of a good portable A/C unit, with the benefit of not having to have cords running all over the place, and with the transfer switch, we'd have the ability (with careful power management) to have basically whole house power, minus a few things here and there.
We rent the house my dad owns, and I grew up in, so since we don't own it, my wife said fck it, we'll just go get a hotel if we need to
Do you use propane from your 500g tank for any other appliances? Just curious because now I'm thinking if I have to put in a big ass tank I might go to a gas stove when I remodel the kitchen.Just wondering how far that goes when using other household appliances?
You cheap f vck….hook your Pops up by helping him improve the houseSo I guess I dug this thread up for nothing
I was going to consider this generator, because of it's output and the reviews basically stating it is legit, and for the price there is nothing that compares that I found.
A-iPower 9000-Watt Gasoline Powered Electric Start Portable Generator-SUA12000E - The Home Depot
Was then going to install a manual transfer switch, because the cost of doing so is very close to the cost of a good portable A/C unit, with the benefit of not having to have cords running all over the place, and with the transfer switch, we'd have the ability (with careful power management) to have basically whole house power, minus a few things here and there.
We rent the house my dad owns, and I grew up in, so since we don't own it, my wife said fck it, we'll just go get a hotel if we need to
Thanks, does that 500g last a while?
Already done that enough.You cheap f vck….hook your Pops up by helping him improve the house
. I'd also have to have the sump pump for the septic system wired in to keep things from backing up and flooding the front entrance to the house. As it is now I have to keep a pump and long hose at the ready whenever there is a storm approaching....
Thanks for the input guys.....You know the more I live in this house the more I envy guys like you, Blacklab and Brad, who actually got to build their houses. I just found out that there are 2 LP lines coming into this house for the fireplaces but the hookups are on the opposite side of the house from where the stand by gennie would have to go...not only that but we have 2 central AC units, one for each side of the house plus 2 water heaters....Not sure how all of that effects the wiring for the stand by gennie but if I went with just doing transfer switch and using a portable I'd have to do 2 because there are 2 electrical panels, one for each side of the house. I'd also want to have my pool pump available in the event of severe flooding because years ago when a new pool deck was installed the deck drains were covered....
Basically I can't do anything here without opening up 2 or 3 more cans of worms due to someone else ignorance or improper planning...
I told you before to move west young manThanks for the input guys.....You know the more I live in this house the more I envy guys like you, Blacklab and Brad, who actually got to build their houses. I just found out that there are 2 LP lines coming into this house for the fireplaces but the hookups are on the opposite side of the house from where the stand by gennie would have to go...not only that but we have 2 central AC units, one for each side of the house plus 2 water heaters....Not sure how all of that effects the wiring for the stand by gennie but if I went with just doing transfer switch and using a portable I'd have to do 2 because there are 2 electrical panels, one for each side of the house. I'd also want to have my pool pump available in the event of severe flooding because years ago when a new pool deck was installed the deck drains were covered....
Basically I can't do anything here without opening up 2 or 3 more cans of worms due to someone else ignorance or improper planning...
Now that I think about it if the transfer switch is located at the main power coming in it would power both interior breaker boxes anyway.....I would probably only run one AC unit at a time and then switch every couple of hours to lower consumption....Are you limited to any set number of circuits on your transfer switch like with a portable set up?
