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I would love to have a generator, but it is not financially feasible at the moment. However, so far, except for a bunch of kids playing with the outside breaker switch, our power has not gone off.
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Power actually stayed on all day yesterday, and it would appear that we are past the "big wind" events for the time being. I kind of get the feeling that this is the new normal for the time being. We are 100+ miles from the area where the fires were, and the only local power problems have been caused by PG&E turning things off and on. There is an area north of us with power out after the restoration, and it would appear that the issue is a blown transformer that occured when they switched the power back on.
Our old generator was the deal of the century. It's a 10KW unit, so somewhat hefty. I don't remember the original price on it; probably somewhere around $3500-$4000, but we got it for $1500. This was over 15 years ago, so that's a factor. None-the-less, I feel it doesn't owe us a dime at this point.
Our old generator was the deal of the century. It's a 10KW unit, so somewhat hefty. I don't remember the original price on it; probably somewhere around $3500-$4000, but we got it for $1500. This was over 15 years ago, so that's a factor. None-the-less, I feel it doesn't owe us a dime at this point.
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I keep thinking that too. About 5 years ago, I thought that the cost for solar had about bottomed out, and yet the costs keep going down. I thought it was a big deal that I could get panels for under $1 per watt, but then they went to 75 cents/watt. Yesterday I saw an article about 6 cents per watt. It has actually gotten to the point where the solar panels are almost incidental to the cost of a solar system. There is more cost here in getting the damn permits. What's wrong with this picture?
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I was thinking along the lines of a portable, trailer mounted unit. Wal*Mart has them in the parking lot, for powering their surveillance cameras. I think that you could hook them up to your truck, drive them home, and nobody would know because you have also stolen the camera.
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