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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067 |
Topic: generator cords Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 8:12am |
We live in a rural area of NC that frequently has ice storms. Between ice storms and the occasional hurricane, we have been without power for as long as 10 days. We use a propane powered Honda 5000 watt generator. I had a separate sub panel installed with a transfer switch. The sub panel has the breakers for the well pump, the freezer and refrigerator circuit, the blower on our woodstove and propane heat , several light circuits and several receptacles. The sub panel has a cord installed that will attach to the generator-it looks very similar to the RPod power cord. When we need the generator, we simply plug it to the sub panel, flip the transfer switch and start the generator. We have a 500 gallon propane tank, so the generator fuel will last a while. We don’t run it continuously, but for 30 minutes every couple of hours as necessary. We have a propane kitchen stove and propane heat system, so we can make it quite a few days without electricity. If the power outage lasts too long, I think we would move into the pod!! Vann |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 8:52pm |
Dead outlet - I would open it up and see if the wire is loose on the outlet, also test the output of the breaker, it may in fact be bad.
500 gallons of propane - other than the cost that has many advantages.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042 |
Posted: 02 Feb 2017 at 5:19am |
fixed; stupid me, it was the plug to the back of the breaker/plug box. unplugged and plugged back in and walla. running good. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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