Power is out

[mrvmax]

sveiki @Kestas. Always pleasant to see you pop in here.

To everyone: Beware Karma regarding use of generators! During our June 2 day power outage at my workplace/residence, our commercial standby Kohler generator (with Ford engine) fired up to meet the challenge. Meanwhile I fired up our brand new portable Generac 18kw unit to operate the other 2 buildings.

I was struttin' around like king rooster all in control of my domain until the second night and I hear this Extreme Horrific grinding noise and the Kohler generator comes to a halt. Yikes! The water pump imploded and I approached with flashlight to find it bleeding in a pool of coolant. Heavy sigh. Fortunately, the power came back on in a few hours.

NEVER claim master of your domain! Humble and appreciative is the correct standard operating procedure.

Mine is air cooled and basically a v-twin riding lawnmower engine. It does have an oil cooler and I think heat is the biggest concern with mine since it is normally needed it the warmest months of the year. I use quality oil and keep the air and oil filters changed out regularly.

 

[cheetah50]

The grid is pretty reliable where I live. I can only think of one or two times in my lifetime when we lost power for more than 6hrs. On the flip side of this, I can think of many times we were snowed in for days at a time. Always gives and takes.

I remember times here having to drain the water in the lines in the house and using a kerosene heater in the house for days to weeks. Back in ~2009 I think it was I didn't have power for three weeks, then in 2012 it was two weeks, etc... Third world power grid here, Highest power rates in the state to boot. Some of the industrial sites I used to work at didn't bother to pay for utility lines/connections because of the issues, they would setup Natural Gas Combustion Turbines...Part of my job was sizing the electrical infrastructure for it and maintaining it. I remember more then a few times we had the local county ask us to setup small tents on the property for warming centers and the like and we did, we had to cut that out though. The geography in this area means that one mile as the crow flies could mean 30-40 minute car rides. When bad weather hits most sites had crew quarters on the property...typically a Cot.

 

[Chris142]

Power is back on early. It's very uncommon for our power to be out. Usually its off a few minutes at most. Hours off is very rare.