KrAzY Posted June 10, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 10, 2019 As of 1pm yesterday our Hood lost power due to down power lines. They think it "might" be back on by noon. As a good neighbor I offered up a spare fridge in our garage to anyone needing to keep their medicines cold in this crisis. I also think I am one of the only people in our area to have a generator.. good thing I didn't get rid of it when we moved down here. The neighbor came over to see what all I was running.. nothing much, just my fridge, fish tank, AC, tv, and internet. He was was not happy. But least he only should have to hear the generator for a few more hours. Here are the lines that went down. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JerrySTL ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Share #2 Posted June 10, 2019 I love my portable generator. We haven't had a power outage more for than 5 minutes since I bought it! 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted June 10, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 10, 2019 Just connect an extension cord to the downed line, what could go wrong? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 10, 2019 Downed power lines are always dangerous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2019 45 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Just connect an extension cord to the downed line, what could go wrong? Should he use jumper cables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 10, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, jsharr said: Should he use jumper cables? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 10, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 10, 2019 was this also due to the wind storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #8 Posted June 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, Airehead said: was this also due to the wind storm? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #9 Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Dottie said: Downed power lines are always dangerous. You could get hung on one when they pull the poll back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2019 You should take the family and spend a few days at Casa de Jsharr. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #11 Posted June 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Airehead said: was this also due to the wind storm? Either the wind or @jsharr exhaling all that hot air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 10, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 10, 2019 51 minutes ago, KrAzY said: Either the wind or @jsharr exhaling all that hot air Maybe he had beans for lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Road Runner said: Maybe he had beans for lunch. Hopefully not in his chilli. Texas upholds the death penalty for that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 10, 2019 You use one of those hard wired generator breaker/switches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #15 Posted June 10, 2019 Is that a generator from the camp in Republic?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted June 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, smudge said: Is that a generator from the camp in Republic?? Yup.. works like a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #17 Posted June 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, KrAzY said: Yup.. works like a charm Yessssssssssssss!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #18 Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/10/2019 at 10:32 AM, KrAzY said: As of 1pm yesterday our Hood lost power due to down power lines. They think it "might" be back on by noon. As a good neighbor I offered up a spare fridge in our garage to anyone needing to keep their medicines cold in this crisis. I also think I am one of the only people in our area to have a generator.. good thing I didn't get rid of it when we moved down here. The neighbor came over to see what all I was running.. nothing much, just my fridge, fish tank, AC, tv, and internet. He was was not happy. But least he only should have to hear the generator for a few more hours. Here are the lines that went down. I generator is a good thing to have. After going three days without power when Hurricane Irene hit us in 2011 and left me with 3 feet of water in my basement - and I live on top of a hill, I got a small generator (1200W) where 1 gallon of gas will last 4 hours to occasionally power the refrigerator, TV, etc. if the power went out and where I could cut an extension cord in half, wire it to the junction box that leads to my nat. gas furnace, then to my generator so it would run if the weather's cold. I haven't needed it but make sure it will start from time to time. My sister bought a house that has a natural gas emergency generator that automatically kicks-on if the electric power goes out. It's serviced by a company for so much a month. The week she moved in, a storm knocked down trees and power to her house, but she was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 11, 2019 Share #19 Posted June 11, 2019 Any update status photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 11, 2019 Share #20 Posted June 11, 2019 Any updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KrAzY Posted June 21, 2019 Author Popular Post Share #21 Posted June 21, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 10:54 AM, Dottie said: Any update status photos? On 6/11/2019 at 6:04 PM, Airehead said: Any updates Sorry.. my bad.. got busy and did a few day vacation with the family. Lines up and power went on 23 hours after it went off. My fishtank and fridge survived better then other peoples fridges in our Hood.. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 21, 2019 Share #22 Posted June 21, 2019 We only had two power outage that lasted more than 24 hours. The first one we waited until the freezer stuff was starting to thaw and then we packed everything up in coolers and too it to a frien’s house that had an extra freezer. They lived a half hour away. When we got back from taking it there the power was back on. The other time the power was out in the dead of winter so we just put stuff in the coolers and set them out on the porch. A guy on my crew at work insisted I borrow his generator and he even delivered it. I used it to power the furnace blower. That time the power was off for four days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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