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If things get bad and the power goes out, this generator starts up on its own and we have everything the way it was. Once the power returns this unit shuts off automatically. We don't have city water,we are on a well and when we don't have power,we don't have water or heat or A/C. Problem solved!! This unit runs on natural gas so I don't even have to worry about keeping the gas tank filled.

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		25-May-2012 12:35
That's great Jim! Paolo

Kevin Warren		11-Mar-2012 12:51
Looks like some solid backup. Hopefully you won't need it too often, but provides great peace of mind in the interim!

Raymond		08-Mar-2012 13:20
Now that's what I call smart, man, it'll save your bacon before you know it. It looks good as well, that is a superb idea Jim.

Colin Storey		08-Mar-2012 12:35
What a great idea, fantastic that you dont have to do anything to get it to work.

Pierre		08-Mar-2012 12:23
Maintenant près pour toutes éventualités!

Graeme		08-Mar-2012 10:42
Makes perfect sense Jim! How wonderful....

marko gregoric		08-Mar-2012 10:37
Very good device... Great shot. V

Isabel Cutler		08-Mar-2012 10:07
I've been trying to talk my husband into one of these for a long time. We have a similar situation, with an auxiliary pump being use to get city water up the hill to where several houses are in our community. We have an 1800 gasoline-powered generator that's about 20 years old that we have had to use a few times and it can keep two refrigerator and freezer going if we alternate circuits.

Bryan Murahashi		08-Mar-2012 06:02
That's a sharp looking lifesaver. V

Carl Carbone		08-Mar-2012 04:29
Still thinking about getting one myself!

lou_rozensteins		08-Mar-2012 03:14
Looks great. Depends on you having natural gas piped to your house, which I don't think is happening in Australia yet. Otherwise a foolproof system. Well done.

Hank Vander Velde		08-Mar-2012 03:06
Looks great Jim. Would have come in super handy during the ice storm we had some 10-12 years ago. Some people, even in the city were without power from one to six weeks in the middle of the winter.

Ann Shapiro		08-Mar-2012 02:28
I'm a jealous - might just have to check into something like that - now that we have natural gas availability at the house.

Guest		08-Mar-2012 01:54
I would put a string of pearls around this, to show your appreciation!

Neil Marcus		08-Mar-2012 01:14
That is amazing. I came as a city dweller to a 10 acre lot in Kansas, the only one on a section (640acres) and the well would run dry and the electicity would fail. I had a generator that was hard to start. Tthis seems like the answer. I'm glad those days are behind me.

Jean D		08-Mar-2012 01:07
Excellent investment and a great insurance for any future problems, Jim.

Walter Otto Koenig		08-Mar-2012 00:47
That is great Jim. How convenient, and you have to do practically nothing. We had a very noisy diesel generator when I lived in Indonesia and it had to be hand cranked to start it, and had to be shut off manually. It needed a lot of maintenance, and the 50 gallon drums of diesel were nan handled along the driveway, through the garage, through a storage area to the backyard where the Generator House was. How I would have loved to have a Generac back then.

Guest		08-Mar-2012 00:40
Excellent forward thinking, Jim.

Mike H.		08-Mar-2012 00:08
Sounds like a great plan. Looks like a neat, maintainable package.

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