HI Mark,   
      
   On Wed 2012-Nov-07 18:29, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   RW> Yeup, that's the other way.  Some folks like to have it   
   RW> automatic.  Were I affluent enough, and secure in my   
   RW> longevity here I'd put a propane genset out here, with the   
   RW> automatic start and transfer switch, mainly because of   
   RW> Kathy's oxygen concentrator.   
      
   MH> Yes, if we lost power all the time (which thankfully, we don't), I   
   MH> would get a natural gas automatic whole house generator.  With the   
   MH> low cost of natural gas these days, it might be less expensive to   
   MH> run the house on natural gas than getting the feed from the utility.   
      
   Yeah wish I did have.  I'll probably still find a smaller   
   one, would like to have a larger trailer mounted unit to go   
   along with our remote truck in its other life as emergency   
   communications post, but i"ll probably find a 5 kw or so,   
   just to run Kathy's concentrator and maybe charge some   
   batteries, and run the fridge of course.  I figure for 24   
   hours or so I keep the chest freezer pretty full, if not of   
   food then lots of ice, so there's plenty of cold mass to   
   store up that cold, and we just don't open the chest freezer for a day or so   
   if power's out.  IF i have to with a small   
   genset I can also plug it in every now and then and help it   
   maintain proper temp.   
      
   i won't backfeed circuits in the house though, I could sit   
   the gen out in the backyard and drop an extension in the   
   bathroom window, run the fridge, Kathy's concentrator and   
   battery chargers all from one heavy duty drop.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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