STANDBY GENERATORS
We are looking to buy a new stick and brick house close to the grand kids and when completed want to equip it with a standby generator... For those with a standby generator what fuel type do you ha...
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CavemanCharlie wrote:
Can't say for sure, don't have one. But, a lot of the local farmers, livestock producers, and such, have theirs set up in this sort of way. Must be a reason why they do it.
(Generators set so the power company can use them).
Simple.. First if you are a dairy farmer the last thing you need is to have power go out when you have say 200 (or in some cases 2000) gallons of milk in the bulk tank and no way to keep it cool... (We had one that could go a long time without power but not all can).. Plus the cows need milking and with the 20 head we had, doing it by hand was possible but some big farms its more like 200 and you need power to do that.
SO an emergency generator is a must.
And the power company helps when you set it up as described so they can "Borrow" it from time to time.
