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Boys like toys.  Here is one of mine...
   
My power plant.  Everyone who lives in Oregon needs one.  We routinely have horrendous wind storms that knock out our power.  The first couple of hours are no big deal, but things get dicey when the house starts getting cold, the crawl space begins to fill with water from the rain, and food starts to warm in the frig.  (Without electricity, the sump pump in the crawl space and the blower in our forced air gas furnace do not work.)

Here is the solution.  This 'bad boy' produces 6.5kw of power.  Enough to run the sump pump, refrigerator, heater blower, TV, computer, and several lights for 6-8 hours on a single tank of gas.

So while my neighbors are in the dark, I'm having a glass of my favorite frosty beverage saying "neener, neener, neener...  waste of money my foot!"


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Bad boy' with panel cover removed...

My brother, who is a master electrician in Florida, gave me step-by-step instructions on wiring the breakers over a cell phone, while he was in a ditch in Florida.  (Isn't technology wonderful?)

I am proud to say the wiring passed on the first inspection -- and no one in the family has been electrocuted so far.

 

 

 

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