Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:40:42 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
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> >
> >Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Holy cow. Those poor guys are getting hit with Snowmageddon. I am in
> >> the middle the middle of the Niagara Peninsula. When I look to the south
> >> I see the thick snow laden clouds to the south. We had about 6 inches of
> >> snow, but areas just south of Buffalo have been hit with 6 FEET of snow.
> >> According to the latest forecasts, they are expecting another 30
> >> inches tonight. Seriously...... 8 feet of snow over three days.
> >
> >Isn't Sheldon up there somewhere? At least he has a tractor to plow
> >with, and I think LP heat so he won't freeze in a power failure.
>
> I'm at the eastern part of NYS, in the northern Catskills, about a 45
> minute drive to Albany. This is a snow belt but we didn't get any of
> that storm that hit the western portion of the state... but just five
> mintes ago a heavy snow squall passed through, so far no accumulation
> and now the sun is out. I don't concern myself as I'm well prepared,
> I've lived with snow most of my life. I have the plow on my tractor
> and at the ready right alongside my driveway, tank is filled with
> diesel and I have a 30 gallon diesel pump tank filled in my barn. My
> 500 gallon propane tank is filled so I can last a very long time... I
> heat my house and cook with propane, I make hot water with a tankless
> on-demand propane heater, and in case of a protracted power failure I
> have a ventless propane heater in my basement that can heat the entire
> house even at -30ºF... ventless gas heaters need no electric and need
> no chimney, so I really need no generator, especially in winter, my
> garage becomes a giant freezer.... everyone who lives where pipes can
> freeze in winter *needs* a ventless gas heater... I was contemplating
> a whole house propane generator but outages don't last long and the
> generator requires constant servicing, and would have cost about
> $15,000, compared to $200 for a ventless gas heater that needs no
> servicing. I can live quite well without TV and PC for a few days. I
> have a crank radio and battery operated LED lanterns that give good
> light and go for nearly 100 hours on 3 D cells, I have plenty of
> candles too. And if things get really bad, if my Landcruiser can't
> get through no one is getting through... that Land Rover you see
> hawked on TV is toys r us compared with this beast:
> http://i62.tinypic.com/2czd40.jpg

I used to go to Albany fairly regularly before I moved to Texas. With
your LP heating and cooking and hot water you definitely don't need a
big whole house generator. You might consider a nice Honda EU2000
generator with an LP kit on it though, they are very quiet, require
minimal maintenance and with the LP kit you can run it from your big
tank and not deal with refueling headaches. It's small enough that you
can use regular gas quick connect fittings to feed it, so it can be
stored indoors and hooked up in a few minutes when needed. The biggest
issue with the little Hondas is gas gumming up in them so with the LP
kit that issue is eliminated entirely and they just need a <1qt oil
change periodically.