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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
"...I use my fridge,water pump,tv's,furnace and lights, especially the outside ones to tickoff the neighbors..."
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This neighbor wouldn't be ticked-off at all.
I have no generator, so when the bedroom heater quit late one night, I got up expecting to probe at the fuse panel. The emergency lighting from a McMansion ½-mile away was illuminating my whole house!
There's no excuse for my not having a generator, as some of my Florida neighbors have
two—due to hurricanes Charley, Ivan, Georges, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Rita, Katrina and courtesy of FEMA.
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Originally Posted by NightWing
..That 90 gallons won't be going anywhere without the pump, which won't run without power. Unless he buys a generator, the 90 gallon tank would be a poor investment...."
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Codeman's 5000 Honda should be sufficient for the waterpump: however, you've got me thinking that all that's needed to have 90 gallons of handy
gravity-fed hot water is to be installed higher than the lowest showerhead in the house.
I've owned both 90- and a 20-gallon tanks: the 90 was an option advised for solar collection and got installed, coincidentally, somewhat higher than the showerheads. The 120v/20-gallon tank I personally installed at another house to replace a 220v/40-gallon heater.
The 20 gained some storage space, was cheap to buy, relatively economical to run, and was very easy to install. However, if the
supplied water temperature is at today's 39° lakewater temperature, it wouldn't be suitable for even a small family.
As an
auxiliary water heater, a small generator would handle it...umm...handily.