(05-06-2024, 07:03 PM)oliviawaller Wrote: Yeah we lost power at ~6pm on Rock Lake. I have to ask — is this a normal amount of outages we’ve been having? We moved here at the end of February and seems like quite a bit!
(05-06-2024, 07:03 PM)oliviawaller Wrote: Yeah we lost power at ~6pm on Rock Lake. I have to ask — is this a normal amount of outages we’ve been having? We moved here at the end of February and seems like quite a bit!Historically a little more, a little less. Welcome to mountain living. Made easier by your favorite generator set up. We have an old, small 4500 watt Firman (actually about 3,150 watts because for every 1,000’ above sea level a generator loses anout 3.5% efficiency). Uses about 2.5 gallons gasoline every 8-10 hours. We ultimately paid an electrician to place a plug for it on the side of the house to the main panel, and it runs the refrigerator, furnace, lights, TV, wifi, just not the well pump, microwave, etc. Before the house plug we just ran a big cord from the generator and split it to fridge, TV, wifi and a light. We heated with the woodstove. Others in the neighborhood have the multi thousand dollar big kilowatt systems that run off your home’s propane tank - less efficient but it’s like the power never went off. More maintenance costs, and just don’t run out of propane.
(05-06-2024, 07:03 PM)oliviawaller Wrote: Yeah we lost power at ~6pm on Rock Lake. I have to ask — is this a normal amount of outages we’ve been having? We moved here at the end of February and seems like quite a bit!
(05-06-2024, 07:03 PM)oliviawaller Wrote: Yeah we lost power at ~6pm on Rock Lake. I have to ask — is this a normal amount of outages we’ve been having? We moved here at the end of February and seems like quite a bit!Historically a little more, a little less. Welcome to mountain living. Made easier by your favorite generator set up. We have an old, small 4500 watt Firman (actually about 3,150 watts because for every 1,000’ above sea level a generator loses anout 3.5% efficiency). Uses about 2.5 gallons gasoline every 8-10 hours. We ultimately paid an electrician to place a plug for it on the side of the house to the main panel, and it runs the refrigerator, furnace, lights, TV, wifi, just not the well pump, microwave, etc. Before the house plug we just ran a big cord from the generator and split it to fridge, TV, wifi and a light. We heated with the woodstove. Others in the neighborhood have the multi thousand dollar big kilowatt systems that run off your home’s propane tank - less efficient but it’s like the power never went off. More maintenance costs, and just don’t run out of propane.