Generators

L.R.S. said:
I don't worry about that stuff. I have a legit generator breaker set up in my house panel.
I was in Havasu yesterday and grabbed a Harbor Freight 9k. Got it set up this morning and I'm running it with two halogen lights for load. I'll give it a 30 minute break in.

What they don't tell you- the display model has wheels, but it doesn't come with wheels. Also, no engine oil, but there's a sticker saying to add oil. I put a full quart in it. EDIT to add- it also doesn't come with a battery. Took two pulls and it fired right up. I'll get a battery eventually.

$799 down to $599 with my 25% discount.

It's LOUD as fuck. Way louder than my Honda 6500. But it's for the house so I can build a small enclosure I suppose.



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The breaker doesn't clean up that power coming out of the generator...........I had an issue with my fridge (new) and I was thinking it may have been my generator. At any rate I unplug the computer when I have to run it. I can run just about all the necessary stuff with a HF 4500w genny. No AC, no dryer (gas) but everythig else. I want to upgrade to a big inverter type but just not sure cuz we aren't shut down very often.
 
Is all of CA out of power or just some areas? Peace
 
ChEFF said:
Is all of CA out of power or just some areas? Peace
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In the mountains/foothills in San Diego. SDGE shuts the power down if the wind is blowing and it’s dry…

Rorschach said:
OMG! My dogs don't even have a house. I'm not building one for a fuckin harbor freight generator I might use 3 times before I die.
Priorities people!
WTF!???
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There was a year I was without power 14 days (not consecutively). You get tired of hearing a generator all day/night.

Sausage is farther up the hill and sees even more power outages
 
Rockwood said:
In the mountains/foothills in San Diego. SDGE shuts the power down if the wind is blowing and it’s dry…


There was a year I was without power 14 days (not consecutively). You get tired of hearing a generator all day/night.

Sausage is farther up the hill and sees even more power outages
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It's just hard to imagine living in a place where you can't depend on a reliable electrical grid. I live in the poorest state in the union or at least in the bottom 5 and power outages are the least of our problems. What is this, 1882? A third world country?
 
Rorschach said:
It's just hard to imagine living in a place where you can't depend on a reliable electrical grid. I live in the poorest state in the union or at least in the bottom 5 and power outages are the least of our problems. What is this, 1882? A third world country?
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Yeah, California shit…

At least we here in SD have the highest electricity rates in the country…

www.cbs8.com

Federal agency confirms San Diego has the highest electricity rates in the country

SDG&E's rate increases starting in 2013 are expected to outpace inflation by almost 70% by 2030 in a CA Public Utilities Commission chart.
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Rorschach said:
It's just hard to imagine living in a place where you can't depend on a reliable electrical grid. I live in the poorest state in the union or at least in the bottom 5 and power outages are the least of our problems. What is this, 1882? A third world country?
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If a utility is fined, it passes its costs onto its customers. The other utilities take notice and raise rates. The amount of electric cars here is staggering.
www.utilitydive.com

CPUC imposes largest ever penalty of $1.9B on PG&E for Northern California wildfires

However, the agency permanently suspended PG&E's obligation to pay an additional $200 million fine that the utility said could derail its bankruptcy exit.
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Fireballsocal said:
If a utility is fined, it passes its costs onto its customers. The other utilities take notice and raise rates. The amount of electric cars here is staggering.
www.utilitydive.com

CPUC imposes largest ever penalty of $1.9B on PG&E for Northern California wildfires

However, the agency permanently suspended PG&E's obligation to pay an additional $200 million fine that the utility said could derail its bankruptcy exit.
www.utilitydive.com www.utilitydive.com
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Helps when the governor’s completely in your pocket:

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California Is in the middle of a burning crisis and it's going to cost all of us. The problem can often seem too big and complicated to grasp, but reporter B...
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Or like I said someone can buy that big Bertha sumbitch I put in here earlier and you could power the neighborhood and not have to listen to a generac.. shit it’s probably cheaper to run it then California electric rates.. at 100% output it uses 1/2 gallon of diesel an hour.. you won’t be loading it at 100% all the time.

It does help to maintain 50% or above though to avoid wet stacking.. but between the electric water heaters and every other damn thing you guys have.. 50% might be achievable?

RD 🤪
 
Sausage450r said:
Sdge turning power on/off is just as likely to ruin these items. I had a freezer take a crap about 7/8 years ago after a very short power off.
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Yep. We had a nice refrigerator crap out after SDG&E cut power. They even gave us a $500 check after a complaint.
We ran the whole house several times, for days, with a predator 8750. No issues.
 
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