04-16-2006, 09:08 AM
Royall,
Your food will stay good for 24 hours if you keep your freezer door closed. I doubt you will have power out for longer than a few hours, Helco's response time is very good. Your beer can go in an ice chest and for $2 you can buy 10 pounds of ice. Another option is buy a LPG fridge. If you must buy a Genset the only way to go is diesel and at least 3000 KW and make sure it has a 220 volt receptecle for your water pump(mine is 220 V) Another thing to consider is that a generator has to be run and load tested on a regular basis at least every 3 months, If not when needed the most it probably won't start.
Lee(Ex Power Production)
Your food will stay good for 24 hours if you keep your freezer door closed. I doubt you will have power out for longer than a few hours, Helco's response time is very good. Your beer can go in an ice chest and for $2 you can buy 10 pounds of ice. Another option is buy a LPG fridge. If you must buy a Genset the only way to go is diesel and at least 3000 KW and make sure it has a 220 volt receptecle for your water pump(mine is 220 V) Another thing to consider is that a generator has to be run and load tested on a regular basis at least every 3 months, If not when needed the most it probably won't start.
Lee(Ex Power Production)