Still alive...

[Tartan Hiker]

just don't put the generator indoors! It never ceases to amaze me how many folks kill themselves with generators and bar-b-que grills indoors.

We get the occasional ice storm outage here. Ran on generator power for 6 days a few years back. It really is a drag, so good luck to you.

By the way, you aren't running a desktop computer on a generator are you? It's my understanding that the difference in the current will fry your chips. Charging a laptop battery is OK, however.

Bill

[Kilted KT]

just don't put the generator indoors! It never ceases to amaze me how many folks kill themselves with generators and bar-b-que grills indoors.

We get the occasional ice storm outage here. Ran on generator power for 6 days a few years back. It really is a drag, so good luck to you.

By the way, you aren't running a desktop computer on a generator are you? It's my understanding that the difference in the current will fry your chips. Charging a laptop battery is OK, however.

Bill

quite true..if running a computer on a generator, you may want to have a UPS between the computer and the generator. a UPS ( Uninteruptable Power Supply) is basically a big battery that plugs into your power supply ( the generator in this case) to prevent your computer from being fried by voltage differences and electric surges.

[Tartan Hiker]

Thanks for verifying that KT. The UPS trick is one I never thought of. Brilliant!

[Riverkilt]

Hang in John,

Reminds me of the big Columbus Day storm down in Oregon back in '62...same deal. No fun but lots of firewood laying around to be had.

Ron

[nixphotography]

You know my kids love when the power goes off because it lets be able to somewhat camp. Sounds crazy but they do.

Brett