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Should You Buy a Standby Generator?
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For the second time in a week, my furnace isn't working.
The home I'm in does not have an alternate source of heat, so if there was no electricity, I'd be feeling pretty cold right now.
Fortunately, I've been running 2 space heaters and turn on the oven when it starts to feel a little chillier.
The repairman finally returned my call tonight at ten and he will be here first thing in the morning.
When it comes time to move from this home into another, you can be sure that I will be looking at homes that have a
fireplace or woodstove. Cold weather climate will not be fun to live in if the power grid ever goes down.
Anyways, while I was looking online at articles that have to do with living without electricity, I found the following
and thought I'd share it with you:
Should You Buy a Standby Generator?
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy made the fragile state of our nation's power grid hit home. A standby generator can energize a house for days after a blackout, but these are costly, complicated machines. Here's how to know if a standby generator is a good investment.
Blackouts are nothing new, but major storms over the past two years have hammered home the importance of electrical power.
Generac, Briggs & Stratton, and Kohler announced that they would ramp up production of standby generators, which can energize a home nonstop for days. But these sophisticated machines also can cost more than $20,000 installed, and some are the size of a Fiat 500. Here are six points to help you decide whether they're worth the investment.
Read more:
[link to www.popularmechanics.com]
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