Re: The Drought Thread Pt. 4
Posted: Mon 18 Jul 2022, 16:38:12
Doly wrote:The big problem with generators is that they are expensive and will therefore be stolen. Shoe me an anti theft device and I will show you a determined thief.
How difficult is it to keep your generator indoors in the garage? If you don't have a garage, probably a generator isn't for you anyway.
Generators are kept or housed outside main buildings so the exhaust fumes cannot enter living quarters. Most weigh over 500 lbs and are often bolted down to concrete slabs. Not an easy thing to steal or to fence.
Evan my 5KW weighs about 200 and has wheels and a lifting point so the tractor can lift it into the pickup bed when needed. My daughter's is mounted on a small deck at the end of her house about six feet above the ground to get it above flood level. It is a whole house unit that weighs about 2000lb. and is plumbed into the gas line and hard wired to the breaker box. It exercises itself weekly for about fifteen minutes or until the starter battery regains full .charge.