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GioiaMia
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Generator Help
I am looking for an affordable generator - just to run one large fridge, charge some cell phones and maybe power a lamp. . . any advice? I am looking at this one right now.
Home Depot Link
Thanks!
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alli3131
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Re: Generator Help
We have a briggs and straton that is a lot larger than what the one you attached is but I have never heard of that brand and a generator isnt something I would want to cheap out on....see if there are reveiws on that brand.
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| Posted 9/1/11 8:52 AM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Generator Help
Posted by alli3131
We have a briggs and straton that is a lot larger than what the one you attached is but I have never heard of that brand and a generator isnt something I would want to cheap out on....see if there are reveiws on that brand.
Hmm OK thanks, i thought $299 was too good to be true! LOL Hopefully this is a once in a lifetime purchase so maybe I will open up a 0% cc for it!
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| Posted 9/1/11 8:54 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Generator Help
find out the volts of your refrigerator and then go to home depot and say i need to run x amount of volts and buy a little above what it is.
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| Posted 9/1/11 9:29 AM |
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Deedlebugs
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Re: Generator Help
get 3000+ watts.
generator
Message edited 9/1/2011 9:35:34 AM.
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| Posted 9/1/11 9:32 AM |
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acm1899
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Re: Generator Help
If you think that sometime in the future you may have use for a generator again, I'd spend a little more, if you have the money. $300 and 1750 watts is probably the lowest end of the generator spectrum. If you can swing it, I'd go for at least a 3500 (running) watt generator for peace of mind. But it really all depends on your needs.
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| Posted 9/1/11 9:33 AM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Generator Help
Posted by Deedlebugs
get 3000+ watts.
generator
Thanks!
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| Posted 9/1/11 9:57 AM |
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Ophelia
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Re: Generator Help
Tilde I have one that is 5000 watts upstate. if you want it, you can totally borrow it free of charge.
I can't bring it down to you though. one of us will be up at the house tomorrow with the heating fixer guy and we will hopefully be up there for at least part of the weekend.
we paid $900 for ours and it's sitting in our garage right now. If you want to waste the $$ in gas, it's yours for the duration of time that you need it.
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| Posted 9/1/11 9:58 AM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Generator Help
Posted by Ophelia
Tilde I have one that is 5000 watts upstate. if you want it, you can totally borrow it free of charge.
I can't bring it down to you though. one of us will be up at the house tomorrow with the heating fixer guy and we will hopefully be up there for at least part of the weekend.
we paid $900 for ours and it's sitting in our garage right now. If you want to waste the $$ in gas, it's yours for the duration of time that you need it.
That is SO nice of you - thank you so much! We have power, this would be just for emergency usage -- I felt so helpless during the storm, waiting for the power to go out. . . I really want to have a back up.
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| Posted 9/1/11 10:25 AM |
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Ophelia
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Re: Generator Help
Posted by Tilde
Posted by Ophelia
Tilde I have one that is 5000 watts upstate. if you want it, you can totally borrow it free of charge.
I can't bring it down to you though. one of us will be up at the house tomorrow with the heating fixer guy and we will hopefully be up there for at least part of the weekend.
we paid $900 for ours and it's sitting in our garage right now. If you want to waste the $$ in gas, it's yours for the duration of time that you need it.
That is SO nice of you - thank you so much! We have power, this would be just for emergency usage -- I felt so helpless during the storm, waiting for the power to go out. . . I really want to have a back up.
OH duh. I thought your hair was a grease ball and AM was being bathed in a pot like soup.
ftiw, it IS a worthy investment to do on a 0% card. I would not get one less than 3000, like the deedle said.
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| Posted 9/1/11 10:36 AM |
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Irishlass
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Re: Generator Help
We bought a 6200 watt Generac from amazon. Free shipping. They delivered right to my front door.
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| Posted 9/1/11 11:02 AM |
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MrsM-6-7-08
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Re: Generator Help
I would advise a natural gas generator over a gasoline powered one...It is a pain in the butt compared to the natural gas one we have.
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| Posted 9/1/11 11:20 AM |
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