Hi Mark,   
      
   On Fri 2012-Nov-02 11:38, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to All:   
      
   First glad you made it through./   
   MH> Our power went out Monday evening.  I was lucky in that I was able   
   MH> to buy a generator this past Friday.  I walked into the Home Depot   
   MH> just as they were unloading them.  They sold 19 of them in 10   
   MH> minutes.     
      
   That sounds normal.   
      
   MH> I was able to run the entire house on the generator, just had to   
   MH> keep finding more gas for it which was the difficult part.  Our   
   MH> entire area had no power for miles and all stations were dark.  I   
   MH> finally found one with power about 15 miles away.     
      
   That's normal too.  Did you wire that into your service   
   panel?  If so, hope you wired in a transfer switch which   
   isolates your house from the grid when it's running.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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