Marc Levenson
November 11th 05, 11:33 AM
That's great news! 17 days. Man... how often did you have to fill the
generator each day? How many hours does a tank full last?
I have a generator as well, but have never needed to use it.
Marc
kryppy wrote:
> Well, just got my power back after seventeen days.
>
> I have been on the generator and inverters for so long, I am thinking
> of disconnecting from the stupid weak grid. :)
>
> I never realized just how much power these tanks consume!
> Anyway, kept a 180 full of corals and a bunch of fish in perfect
> condition. My eleven year old grouper in his nasty 55 didn't even
> notice, and my two 29 grow out tanks seem better now. Weird.
>
> I ran my generator about 8 hrs a day for the first seven days and went
> to 12 - 24 hours when the fuel started flowing freely again and the
> days dragged on.
> I ran battery bubblers when the genset was off, and I think i could
> have got by without them.
>
> All in all, my 5250 watt generator I bought for $300 a week before the
> storm made my hurricane experience an ok vacation.
>
>
>
>
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generator each day? How many hours does a tank full last?
I have a generator as well, but have never needed to use it.
Marc
kryppy wrote:
> Well, just got my power back after seventeen days.
>
> I have been on the generator and inverters for so long, I am thinking
> of disconnecting from the stupid weak grid. :)
>
> I never realized just how much power these tanks consume!
> Anyway, kept a 180 full of corals and a bunch of fish in perfect
> condition. My eleven year old grouper in his nasty 55 didn't even
> notice, and my two 29 grow out tanks seem better now. Weird.
>
> I ran my generator about 8 hrs a day for the first seven days and went
> to 12 - 24 hours when the fuel started flowing freely again and the
> days dragged on.
> I ran battery bubblers when the genset was off, and I think i could
> have got by without them.
>
> All in all, my 5250 watt generator I bought for $300 a week before the
> storm made my hurricane experience an ok vacation.
>
>
>
>
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Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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