KT now has on hand, stacked and well aged, all the firewood for the Castle's woodstove for this coming winter, and He is glad that task is completed.
A few days back, KT realized that the Queen had made some timely major purchase of beef, pork, and chicken before the prices skyrocketed, and now the winter larder is well established, stored in the Royal Chest Freezer in the Castle basement. But worry hit the King because, although the Castle has a small generator for the main floor, we had not one for the basement freezer, fridgerator, and wireless router!!
Thus, not only in a power outage, might We be cut off from our internet lifeline, but our food storage for our feasts would be endangered....so KT dipped in to the Royal Change Purse and purchased a Harbor Freight 9000w Predator generator. It is stored near where it will be used should the time come. It is gassed, oiled, and has its 12v battery installed, so is now ready for the 3 hour break-in run. KT has purchased some 4x8 sheets of black board which will soon be cut up into baffle boards to lower the sound level of this monster! Left to purchase are a few new heavy gauge extension cords to get the power to where it is needed. Living in the countryside and being the end of the local electric companies service, has made power outages more frequent than normal, but usually restored within 12 hours. Total outlay for the entire set up will be around $900, even with the battery, cords, and wheel set. Fortunately KT found a coupon online good to the last day of August for $50 off, so that bit of discount helped.
KT watched about 10 videos about this particular generator on YouTube and even found some people running their entire house on it! It has very good reviews also and KT has noted several local repair shops that work on all brands...Predator, Generac, Onan, and Honda, so not anticipating any trouble getting it worked on, if necessary.
KT is curious if other folks in the Forum have any experience or tips for KT concerning generator use...? Thanks for taking the time to read this long post!
KT will add some photos shortly....
A few days back, KT realized that the Queen had made some timely major purchase of beef, pork, and chicken before the prices skyrocketed, and now the winter larder is well established, stored in the Royal Chest Freezer in the Castle basement. But worry hit the King because, although the Castle has a small generator for the main floor, we had not one for the basement freezer, fridgerator, and wireless router!!
Thus, not only in a power outage, might We be cut off from our internet lifeline, but our food storage for our feasts would be endangered....so KT dipped in to the Royal Change Purse and purchased a Harbor Freight 9000w Predator generator. It is stored near where it will be used should the time come. It is gassed, oiled, and has its 12v battery installed, so is now ready for the 3 hour break-in run. KT has purchased some 4x8 sheets of black board which will soon be cut up into baffle boards to lower the sound level of this monster! Left to purchase are a few new heavy gauge extension cords to get the power to where it is needed. Living in the countryside and being the end of the local electric companies service, has made power outages more frequent than normal, but usually restored within 12 hours. Total outlay for the entire set up will be around $900, even with the battery, cords, and wheel set. Fortunately KT found a coupon online good to the last day of August for $50 off, so that bit of discount helped.
KT watched about 10 videos about this particular generator on YouTube and even found some people running their entire house on it! It has very good reviews also and KT has noted several local repair shops that work on all brands...Predator, Generac, Onan, and Honda, so not anticipating any trouble getting it worked on, if necessary.
KT is curious if other folks in the Forum have any experience or tips for KT concerning generator use...? Thanks for taking the time to read this long post!
KT will add some photos shortly....
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