Scorpio64

Nothing burns in a crockpot. A mystery Sandia National Labs is still trying to figure out.

Yes, perfectly legal. Be prepared to be inundated by vultures. Also, don't be a shitbag and sell for 10x what you paid. If you are here to price gouge, you will burn in hell.

Do you have Huygens engine?

I'd like to tell you about a recipe for meatballs that has been in my family for over 150 years, but I can't. It's a Sicilian thing. But I can say this. There is no substitute for cast iron.

Add solar, wind and hydro if possible. An outage of that duration would require a huge storage tank. It's only doable if one has oil heat and a very large tank. My late father-in-law had a 600 gallon underground tank. But that's only a 30, maybe 40 day supply, contingent on running JUST the genny. If it's winter, then yer skrued, that turns into, maybe, a 15 day supply because you are using it for heat too. The bottom line, get what you can afford, get what you can handle, get what you have space for. Above all, economize. Also, don't put ALL of your eggs into one basket. tri-fuel, solar and wind are probably offer the best ROI for long term security. Shit, you can build a "wind turbine" out of a car alternator and a ceiling fan if you had to. It's a little more complicated than slapping it all together, but it can be done.

ftfy. A three month outage, that's getting into prepper territory. Might not even have NG if that happens.

Years ago I had two 100# cylinders for my range. Buying bulk was cheaper, it was considerably less than what it cost to fill five 20# tanks. I'd throw them in my truck and go to the refilling station. Easy peasy.

Went to Solomon's today, waiting for Gene to open up shop, making small talk with some dudes on line. They are interstate truck drivers, said they can get shotgun target and small game/bird hunting loads just about anywhere, reasonable prices, no problem. Same for common cartridges like 7mm-08, 30-30, 270, 300 Win Mag and the likes, all on the shelves, plentiful, prices not horrific. 00 buck, 5.56, 7.62, 22lr, 9mm fuggedaboudit. Hen's teeth. The panic buying dynamics are very different this time around. With exception of 22lr, Folks are not hoard-piling recreational or hunting ammo.

line conditioner is always a good idea for electronics as it cleans up the signal, in addition to surge/overload protection. It's more for your gear than the genny.

The air handler for a unit that size should draw less than 3.5A. It can probably do it. I doubt anything will blow up, If everything is working the way it should, a breaker may trip. The compressor and handler motors usually don't kick on at the same time, so getting a double whammy surge is unlikely, but if it happens, that's what circuit breakers are for. It's also worth noting that the rated power requirement on most electrical and electronic gizmos is nominal. Even if the genny cannot provide the full rated power, equipment can still run as long as it's withing operational range. It won't be terribly efficient, but it will work. I learned that with my first genny that was a mere 1800/2200W. I hooked it up to my furnace via an ad-hoc power inlet (basically made a plug for it). The furnace operated just fine, but the blower motor did not spin up to full RPM.

What is the volume of your A/C unit? Most newer 220V 2.5 Ton units draw about 10 to 12 Amps.

If I dropped dead at this very moment. My eyes would not be suitable for organ donor transplant. The poor recipient would reject the eyes not even knowing why and probably die from Covid-19/SARS--2/Chinese Plague

The GFCI outlets they put on gennys now are stupid sensitive. Look up GFCI ghost tripping, there are several reasons it happens, and it's usually a tweaky capacitor on the fridge. Another common reason for a ghost trip is a coiled 50 foot 10A cord feeding a fridge or other similar high surge demand doohicky. It causes enough induction to trip a GFCI. Was it the GFCI outlet that went pop, or the actual breaker on the generator front panel? I know a lot of folks who removed the outlets that came with the genny and put in either better GFCIs or straight outlets with other protection further up the line. It MAY void warranty or ability to sue if you electrocute yourself.

Dual wielding like a boss mofo.

Sorry brother. it's a done deal.

Only if I can say Yeeeee Hawwww after each kill.

NJGF Carppocalypse?

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