SE USA Ice Storm

[chewbok]

Is anyone else preparing for the Ice? Down here most of our power lines are overhead so when the ice accumulates on the limbs and trees the power lines get torn down…sometimes for days.

It’s like prepping for a hurricane. Gas up the vehicles, stock up on groceries and wait it out. I have a huge automatic generator for house-wide electricity and natural gas heat so it’s not a big deal, except for the neighbors wanting to charge their phones and sleep in the guest room.

Is anybody else preparing for the storm?

 

[Death Goddess]

I stocked up on TP!

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Is anyone else preparing for the Ice? Down here most of our power lines are overhead so when the ice accumulates on the limbs and trees the power lines get torn down…sometimes for days.

It’s like prepping for a hurricane. Gas up the vehicles, stock up on groceries and wait it out. I have a huge automatic generator for house-wide electricity and natural gas heat so it’s not a big deal, except for the neighbors wanting to charge their food and sleep in the guest room.

Is anybody else preparing for the storm.

Preparing? Nah. I’ll probably just bring my work laptop home thurs night just in case

 

[Hate]

 

[ZeroK]

What ice? It’s been 80 degrees here in So Cal

 

[wiggins]

What ice? It’s been 80 degrees here in So Cal

Up in the 40's next week in Albury. C that is...

 

[Super Kirbo]

What ice? It’s been 80 degrees here in So Cal

The ones deporting beaners maybe ?

 

[mrln]

here in the north east,were expected to get a foot of snow over the weekend. i just finished shoveling snow away from the house and fence in the driveway. just to make room for more,so it wont be as bad. the sun can melt whats exposed between now and the weekend. this shit hinders work for me. pisses me off. not like when i was a kid and had a "snow day". now it matters!

 

[Jay the Butcher]

Everybody panic buying getting ready of the snowocalypse. In NC.

 

[hedgerow]

I have a huge automatic generator for house-wide electricity and natural gas heat so it’s not a big deal,

what size generator do you have?

 

[chewbok]

25KW. I have natural gas heat, water heater and kitchen so even in the summer with the central air on I have a little excess power to play in the shop too. That really pisses off the powerless neighbors.

As a Katrina veteran I wouldn’t live down here without at least a 12-13 KW portable and a well designed and installed transfer station.

 

[chewbok]

25KW. I have natural gas heat, water heater and kitchen so even in the summer with the central air on I have a little excess power to play in the shop too. That really pisses off the powerless neighbors.

As a Katrina veteran I wouldn’t live down here without at least a 12-13 KW portable and a well designed and installed transfer station.

It costs $3-$6 hr with NG prices here today. All depends on the load.

 

[hedgerow]

25KW. I have natural gas heat, water heater and kitchen so even in the summer with the central air on I have a little excess power to play in the shop too. That really pisses off the powerless neighbors.

As a Katrina veteran I wouldn’t live down here without at least a 12-13 KW portable and a well designed and installed transfer station.

nice set-up, i can tell you know your shit, although a smaller less expensive unit would have sufficed.

I have a 13k standby that powers most everything except for the electric dryer and the central-air.

It's an older unit (2003) but i maintain my machines well and tend to keep them longer than most.

i'm in the process of moving it a hundred feet farther away from the house, it's too close now.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Everybody panic buying getting ready of the snowocalypse. In NC.

Yep saw that in NW Arkansas today and laughed. It’s ridiculous.

 

[Htos1av]

nice set-up, i can tell you know your shit, although a smaller less expensive unit would have sufficed.

I have a 13k standby that powers most everything except for the electric dryer and the central-air.

It's an older unit (2003) but i maintain my machines well and tend to keep them longer than most.

i'm in the process of moving it a hundred feet farther away from the house, it's too close now.

Good ol' Generac here. With solar backup that runs the LED lighting in the home. Been through 20-30 hurricanes now here in Florida, the "big one" was the 'perfect storm" in '93, I was working at a Ritz-Carlton (a/v) that night, on the Atlantic coast, and we got locked down for 14 hours. We setup tv, porn channels, and two computer stations with games, and the kitchen set up a buffet line. You couldn't even tell there was a major storm outside. It was great.

 

[hedgerow]

Good ol' Generac here. With solar backup that runs the LED lighting in the home. Been through 20-30 hurricanes now here in Florida, the "big one" was the 'perfect storm" in '93, I was working at a Ritz-Carlton (a/v) that night, on the Atlantic coast, and we got locked down for 14 hours. We setup tv, porn channels, and two computer stations with games, and the kitchen set up a buffet line. You couldn't even tell there was a major storm outside. It was great.

wow that sounds like a great time, hurricanes are cool

 

[chewbok]

nice set-up, i can tell you know your shit, although a smaller less expensive unit would have sufficed.

I have a 13k standby that powers most everything except for the electric dryer and the central-air.

It's an older unit (2003) but i maintain my machines well and tend to keep them longer than most.

i'm in the process of moving it a hundred feet farther away from the house, it's too close now.

You are so right. 13KW is more than enough to cover my emergency needs, but the installation cost was a big part of the total outlay so paying a few grand more for overkill made sense to me. The operating cost per KWh used is the roughly the same as a smaller unit so getting excess cap is a front end only expense.

These days I live in my shop doing whatever I want. This setup lets me cut, plane, sand, weld and do whatever the fuck I want and stay warm or cool doing it even when the grid is down. I also like the idea of it running mechanical devices at 30-60% instead of 70-100% from a maintenance and longevity standpoint.

Solar is probably in my future. I like the idea of the gen running just long enough to top batteries off when the sun can’t, but I’m not there yet. I’m a crotchety old fart and I’m not putting fucking panels all over my roof. I think they look like shit. Battery cost and life are big considerations too but the systems are getting better and more economical every day.

Everybody be safe out there. This doesn’t sound like a storm to play around with. Ice storms don’t play nice. Don’t park under any trees…

 

[chewbok]

wow that sounds like a great time, hurricanes are cool

Hurricanes are fucked up Hedgey. Porn and good food just let you fohgetaboutit for a while.

 

[hedgerow]

You are so right. 13KW is more than enough to cover my emergency needs, but the installation cost was a big part of the total outlay so paying a few grand more for overkill made sense to me. The operating cost per KWh used is the roughly the same as a smaller unit so getting excess cap is a front end only expense.

These days I live in my shop doing whatever I want. This setup lets me cut, plane, sand, weld and do whatever the fuck I want and stay warm or cool doing it even when the grid is down. I also like the idea of it running mechanical devices at 30-60% instead of 70-100% from a maintenance and longevity standpoint.

Solar is probably in my future. I like the idea of the gen running just long enough to top batteries off when the sun can’t, but I’m not there yet. I’m a crotchety old fart and I’m not putting ficking panels all over my roof. I think they look like shit. Battery cost and life are big considerations too but the systems are getting better and more economical every day.

Everybody be safe out there. This doesn’t sound like a storm to play around with. Ice storms don’t play nice. Don’t park under any trees…

having a shop during a hurricane is cool i agree. I think sun power is stupid and unreliable, so i'll always stay with fossil fuels.

I contacted the Electric Company regularly until they did right by me and installed a new pole (with proper guy wires) since the prior set-up needed infrastructure modernization.

 

[chewbok]

Having the shop after the hurricane and before the power comes back on is cool. I try to be out of town when the hurricanes hit. Living through one is all anyone needs.

One good thing about hurricanes and ice storms is the new poles and wire they have to replace every few years.