| One of my preparations for Year 2000 was
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| | generator shack to the house. The cable
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| to purchase a four stroke gasoline
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| | would be buried in the ground.The
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| electrical generator. There was no
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| | electrician came and made the changes to
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| guarantee that there would be no electric
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| | the wiring. The way it worked was, I
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| power interruptions at the start of the
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| | would switch over to the generator cable.
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| year 2000 and I wanted a reliable power
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| | Then I would start the generator. When
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| supply, just to be ready. The generator
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| | it was running up to speed making
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| I chose was a reliable four stroke Honda
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| | adequate household power, I would plug in
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| engine. The generator had a large gas
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| | the cable to the generator's output plug.
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| tank so it could run on one tank for
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| | That was it. The house had its own
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| about four hours depending on how heavy
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| | power supply.There was maintenance to do
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| the electrical load I was using.Buying
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| | on the generator, since it was brand new.
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| the generator was only the first step to
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| | Every new engine needs its oil changed
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| ensuring a reliable power supply,
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| | when breaking it in. After the first few
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| however, as generators need fuel. I
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| | hours of running, the dirty oil, full of
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| needed to acquire an adequate supply of
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| | metal bits from the break-in time, needs
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| gasoline and oil to run it for as long as
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| | to be drained. This was not difficult to
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| required. I went to a oil company bulk
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| | do. Just unscrew a bolt and let the oil
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| plant and purchased three 45 gallon drums
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| | drain into a shallow container. Once the
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| one by one over the span of a few weeks.
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| | dirty oil was removed, and the drain bolt
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| Every few days I filled up 4 - 5 gallon
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| | tightened in place, clean fresh oil was
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| jerry cans full of gasoline, at various
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| | poured into the oil reservoir.Even though
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| gas stations in the area. When storing
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| | nothing serious occurred in my area
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| gasoline for a period of time it is a
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| | during Y2K, there have been a few power
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| good idea to ad a gasoline stabilization
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| | outages, throughout the years and it has
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| chemical to keep the gas from breaking
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| | been handy to have a back up power
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| down. An oil company or hardware store
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| | supply. Once each month I start up the
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| should be able to tell you, where to buy
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| | generator and run it, plugged into an
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| such a chemical.I had the generator, the
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| | electric heater. I let it run for about
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| fuel, and the oil to run it. What was
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| | 5 minutes. The electric heater is
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| left to do was to have the power supply
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| | providing the electrical load, needed to
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| wired to my home electrical system. I
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| | safely run the generator. The generator
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| obtained an estimate from a local
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| | could be electrically damaged if run with
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| electrician. It was not going to be
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| | nothing using the power it produces.
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| cheap. One of the parts, a switching
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| | Using this system has ensured trouble
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| box, cost $500.00. It would switch
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| | free use of this power supply for over
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| between the hydro electricity line and my
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| | seven years.
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| generator cable. I dug a ditch from my
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