Hi Mark,

On Fri 2012-Nov-02 11:38, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to All:

First glad you made it through./
MH> Our power went out Monday evening.  I was lucky in that I was able
MH> to buy a generator this past Friday.  I walked into the Home Depot
MH> just as they were unloading them.  They sold 19 of them in 10
MH> minutes.  

That sounds normal.

MH> I was able to run the entire house on the generator, just had to
MH> keep finding more gas for it which was the difficult part.  Our
MH> entire area had no power for miles and all stations were dark.  I
MH> finally found one with power about 15 miles away.  

That's normal too.  Did you wire that into your service
panel?  If so, hope you wired in a transfer switch which
isolates your house from the grid when it's running.

Regards,
           Richard
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