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   Vaughn to PeteCresswell   
   Re: Generator Transfer Switch: Combining   
   07 Dec 12 18:48:35   
   
   From: vaughnsimon@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/7/2012 6:23 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:   
   > Per Vaughn:   
   >> There is no chance that you   
   >> will want to run window units in any of those bedrooms?   
   >   
   > Right now, we're thinking "Lifeboat", not "Cruise Ship".   
      
   Yes, but if you combine your circuits, you will be power-limited all the   
   time, not just when you are on emergency power.   
      
   I asked about the window shaker because that's one of the more common   
   big power users you will find in a bedroom.  Other possibilities include   
   space heaters and medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators.   
   >   
   >  OTOOH, we very seldom have outages during hot   
   > weather and when we have they've been fixed within hours.   
   >   
   Things are a bit different here in south Florida.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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