Don’t know what it is in the am. It was 19F at 7pm when I wrote this. Wanted to get it up in case I had a problem. Gennies never have problems on clear sunny days, but they sure seem to in the middle of the night when it’s in the teens.
After spending the day taking my neighbor food and heat, and getting my own heat up and running, every time the gennie stumbles my heart does too.
Currently (7pm Mon) have two generators running, the honda ex3000i running a couple of oil filled electric space heaters, and phone chargers, and the generac gasoline 4600 running the furnace and fan, fridges and freezers, and networking. I damaged the idle control when fixing the carb today so it has a piece of foam as a speed (and voltage ) adjustment. It works very well, but occasionally hiccups.
House is warm, 72F and the garage is above freezing. The gas fireplace helped a lot. I even got a very quick shower.
I think we’ll have more of the same today, with added bonus misery as stuff starts failing.
WRT some comments, you can’t engineer for a 100year event. No one can afford it. This freeze is the very definition of an ‘act of God’ for planning and insurance purposes. That’s why that phrase exists. Sometimes the extremely unlikely thing happens. Sucks to be us.
Preps have certainly helped. Food is not an issue. Lots of ways to cook it. Heat has been manageable with the propane heaters, and the electric space heaters, and the gas log. Lots of extension cords. Generators. Even enough to share.
It’s a disaster. We are getting through. That’s what we do and why we prep.
Much more detailed AAR after the disaster is done.
Until then, keep stacking. And evaluate whether it’s worth it to cover an unlikely risk, especially if you can do so cheaply. (Protip, yes it is.)
nick
And thanks t o everyone for sharing. Connectivity has been spotty as has my available time. Still here. Still getting by.