Gemma wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:39 pm
brokensword wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:39 am
Gemma wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:00 pm
Another usual day here...I'm hoping to be able to do some work in the yard today after work, if it's not too hot
We lost power for a few hours last night ...We do have a generator but it's a pain
I realize how much we relay on electricity, when it gets taken away well enjoy your day everyone!
sad, isn't it? Around here, we lose power probably 6 times a year, and very rarely for less than a day, more typical is 2-3 days. Have serious plans to see about a whole house generator (been saving up for one for 3 years now!) and prob will pull the trigger this autumn. Sucks running cords everywhere and filling up the gasoline generator every 8 hours...hope all is well in GemmaLand again!
All is well here, thank you!
I agree generators are a blessing but still a pain, even with a decent one we had to choose to run either the pond or the AC..we chose the pond of course
Hubby wants to do the house generator, and it probably is a good idea (if they don't shut down the pipeline), but would a house generator be able to support the entire household?
He also would like solar panels and even about this there's too much conflicting info out there, it might not be all easy and good as they want you to believe.
A friend of ours installed them a yr ago, he still tied to the power company because in the winter if the panels don't get enough sun he can't run his house on solar alone, even if the engineers custom built the solar grid according to his house and average daily power usage ...and what if we invest all this money and then the type of energy changes...it's hard to know what the best thing to do is
a whole house backup generator does indeed, do the whole house. That is, YOU choose the size you want and it will provide energy for X amount of the house. Obviously, the larger, the more expensive the unit. These run off the natural gas line to your house. Last cost estimate I got (last summer) was $10K without AC and $12K with it. So, I'm not expecting prices went down and that's part of my procrastination as I already thought it was a lot! I was thinking of maybe hiring someone to do the elect panel hookup and the gas hookup and I'd do all the other, including getting the unit to it's base outside the house. Thinking, I said, not set in stone. I really don't want any mistakes here (gas can explode, ya know?) so I'll probably just have a company do it all, IF I can keep that same price and I can convince myself putting gasoline in the generator I have isn't nearly as bad as I think it is! We'll see, I'm really on the fence on this one. If it cost half that, I'd do it, but 10 grand? Sheesh. Then again, gasoline is going up so every time I use it, it's gonna cost me minimum $75 a day each day the power is out!
I agree with you in that I also investigated the solar scene and figured the ROI was too long. And from what I remember from one of my customers who installed solar is that you get 'credit' toward your bill, not actual cash for generating power and sending it BACK to the elect company. It's a racket, no doubt. I think if you're out in the country, you can get away with more and be more 'off the grid' like, but not where I live in the suburbs, apparently. I think when I went to the Tesla site (and this would include a battery wall + all solar panels) the cost it gave me was 'starting at $65K. Ah, no, no thanks. The tech and cost is going to have to come way down to make me think it's viable.
