Just a guy trying to do the right thing by getting myself and my family prepared for an emergency, a catastrophe, or whatever may come. Still learning, but trying to document everything along the way.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Gas Generators


I attended a mini conference today for Emergency Communications.  There was a great workshop on using a small gas generator to power the essential items in your house.  The presenter uses a Honda EU2000i inverter/generator.  This is a generator that I am familiar with and actually would love to have.  It is a small, quiet, and easily portable generator that puts out clean power very efficiently.

I think it is important to have multiple plans for back-up power.  For short-term power I think that a gas generator is the way to go.  I don't believe it is practical to plan on running a generator non-stop.  This is where your plan needs to come into play.
For short-term up to 24 hours, I plan to use the generator for lights, and other essentials (like TV for the kiddos).

For longer power outages, it is not practical to have gas on hand to last for extended periods.  This where I plan to use solar and battery power.  


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Just a guy trying to do the right thing by getting myself and my family prepared for an emergency, a catastrophe, or whatever may come. Still learning, but trying to document everything along the way.

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