Hurricane Irene

Albert-

If Dan_ed doesn't mind, A Generac unit runs either on propane or natural gas, and the transfer switch senses load or lack thereof, and adjusts accordingly. I am looking at a 20Kwh unit myself.

Joe (Trelja) -

We were smart and left Sea Isle on Thursday night. you should have seen the gas line at the Shell on Central. The Wawa on the other side of the causeway was bad too. We had filled up the tank on Wed., sealed up the house and had no traffic getting back to Cinnaminson, where we have spent the last 2 days nailing down and brining in everything that might blow around. glad that you and your family stayed back here. My neighbor's brother and father are riding it out in Cape May.

Trelja-

Sprinklers? Good one!! I did mean Frank's Shell. Thursday people acting like that was the only gas around. Dude - drive 10 miles "offshore" and there were no lines.

I think the quake was wilder than the storm turned about to be. We did get 7+ inches of rain, not sure about Seal Isle yet. I was in the 2nd floor living room when it started shaking. The dog freaked out, we went outside (along with everyone else).

Exciting week none-the-less. Earthquake, people getting arrested on the beach, 4 really sketchy people doing the dine-and-dash at the Red Sky Cafe, and topped off with a hurricane.

Cape May County is still closed up though. Glad everybody is OK

I am reopening this thread as I just took delivery of a 17Kw/200amp Generac with auto transfer switch that will be run on natural gas. Before I install it, I am wondering about the possibility of routing the lines to my room to the Generac, thereby using it to run the system all the time as well as backup during power outages. wouldn't wiring 4 20A lines to run on natural gas work to keep the system off the grid and guarantee a clean source of electricity?

Thanks Al-
That is what I came away with reading the data sheet as well. 650 cu ft/hr of natural guess used when running at full tilt, or a large part thereof every time I listen to music probably is not the most economical, and the data sheet figures concerned me as perhaps risking the addition of noise and RFI into the line...