HI Mark,   
      
   On Thu 2012-Nov-08 18:28, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   RW> i won't backfeed circuits in the house though, I could sit   
   RW> the gen out in the backyard and drop an extension in the   
   RW> bathroom window, run the fridge, Kathy's concentrator and   
   RW> battery chargers all from one heavy duty drop.   
      
   MH> I had the generator under our deck in the backyard.  The (4)   
   MH> extension cords then ran in through the basement door, which I was   
   MH> still able to close.  I also used painter's tape to seal the areas   
   MH> around the door just to make sure no fumes blew back in the cracks.    
      
   Sounds like a good system.  One heavy duty drop would feed   
   everything I need, a decent 5 kw genset would do it.   
      
   Were I ever to get a 15 kw that rides on a trailer though   
   I'd rig up a marine shore power connection to feed the whole place with the   
   240vac needed.  But, a 5kw I'd just run off   
   the one drop through the bathroom window.  IT's one of those crank out   
   windows, no screen, but I could crank it closed,   
   leave the genset far enough away that the fumes wouldn't   
   blow in at us and be good.  I'd probably take Kathy off the   
   concentrator and put her on a tank at night, kill teh gen   
   and we'd still be alright.  The fridge and freezer would   
   stay cold overnight and we'd still have the float charged   
   batteries for radios giving us comms if we need 'em.  I've   
   also got a 4 12 vdc lights around here strategicaly placed   
   to run off the same batteries.   
      
     Get more 12vdc lighting going around the   
   house ,grin>.   
   That project keeps slipping through the cracks, blidn men do it in the dark ya   
   know .   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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