Recent content by HamAndEggs

Yeah, taking it with a bag of salt. That price is about half what they usually sell for in this area, which was a big red flag Don't know if you saw it, but there is also a big X across the 120v receptacles

Just saw this locally. Very tempting for just $2000. https://houston.craigslist.org/hvd/d/humble-allmand-brothers-75kw-light/7520233018.html Good Diesel Engine, 1800RPM, Liquid Cooled, Towable! I could literally just push it into my back yard.

We're all just a bunch of nerds, really :p

My plan here is to pour a concrete pad about 20ft behind my NG Generator and have it there. I am going to put a shed at the end of the yard anyway, so I'll probably eventually trench over there right in front of the pad, and then run the wire directly back to the panel Blue would be the trench

Ah, easy enough then. I may just wire it directly into my interlock breaker in that case

I'm guessing the 802's have a 30a receptacle?

I still do need to figure out how I will handle fuel. I don't have a diesel vehicle to rotate out with

Yep, pretty much new prices. Been doing some math and power testing this morning and the 802 does make the most sense. The only times I see peaks to over 5kw are when I'm using the electric range. Of course if I was running on the MEP, I just wouldn't use it Whole house cooled to 74, these mini...

Apparently the GL7000 is a favorite in Puerto Rico, and they pretty much get bought up instantly, but that is third hand information. I've been keeping an eye out for solar trailers, almost all of them have either a GL7000 or a GL11000 on it. If I can find one for a good deal, I could snag the...

Hey guys, quick question for you all. Are the MEP's good being left out in the sun, rain etc? Or is it suggested they are kept covered? I just installed another mini split. My peak load today with all AC's running is 4.6kw. Best of all, these inverter mini splits have ZERRROOOOO inrush. They...

I suspect a lot of people will have issues with gas pressure if we have another outage. I had to argue with my generator installer to get them to pay to upgrade my meter In the end I contacted CenterPoint Energy myself and got the meter upgraded, and then got a refund from the generator...

But you may be right, how could it be that the 1030 only uses 0.34 at full load? Seems a little too good to be true

Wow, thats a lot more linear than I would have thought!

I was referencing this for the full load being 0.34, is that incorrect? I do notice it says "Average" https://www.marcorsyscom.marines.mil/Portals/105/PfM/LCES/ES/Power%20Team/Mobile%20Power/Info%20Sheets/GENERATORSET5KW60HZAMMPSSKIDMOUNTED.pdf?ver=2018-11-13-150411-423

To my knowledge, and as far as I could ever find. there was no natural gas outages to homes Just recently I read an article about how they prioritized residential NG over power plants to prevent deaths from cold, and issues with having to relight pilot lights in the middle of a freeze I've...