North eastern Ice storm!!

[jasonL78]

Man thank god for generator's! We are not going to have power until Wednesday. Let's just say I have never seen so much Ice and I have lived in NY all my life. We lost power early Friday morning 12:30 am I think. It sounded like someone shooting a gun outside my house. This was the tree's breaking from the Ice load. So Friday morning I go to use my generator that I bought in March of 2008 so it is 9 month's old and only has 3 hours on it. Well it doesn't work. So I spent most of the day taking it apart and found a bad capacitor on a circuit board. I call the company and the circuit board will be here next Thursday. So I got up this morning at 5:00 am with my house at 45 degree's and went to the Home Depot to wait in line for a generator. I was able to get three for family member's. I spent all day hooking up every one's generators. So now I am going to just relax with a couple of Beer's. I will take pictures tomorrow. You guy's will be amazed!

Jason

[x Baldwin Motion]

Glad you are OK !! Your Ice was our rain!

[budnate]

glad your up and running sitting around with no power for a solid day sucks when it is cold ...we lost power yesterday in a big wind storm and I had 3 gensets going as well at diff houses...then the power came on and the next door neighbors had a stove malfunction and the house torched big time.


I back feed a honda 6500kw into the house and keep all systems online, is running the christmas lights also to much?

[Salvatore]

Good thing you are a Sparky Jason! Comes in real handy. I bet your friends and neighbors thought you were a real surgeon doin what you were doin! Keep the family warm!!!

[shor]

<font color="blue"> I spent all day hooking up every one's generators. So now I am going to just relax with a couple of Beer's. </font>

glad you did it in that order

[CamarosRus]

Electrician damm good trade to have..........one they cant outsource to China

YEARS ago I was a Pipefitter at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, building Coast Guard and Navy Ships........

Never was a real residential plumber, but I know poop runs downhill and paydays on Friday........

[Rixls6]

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YEARS ago I was a Pipefitter at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, building Coast Guard and Navy Ships........

Never was a real residential plumber, but I know poop runs downhill and paydays on Friday........

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Now there's a good line to put on the resume.

[kwhizz]

A friend of mine who is a Plummer told me the same thing except there was a third part

but I know poop runs downhill and paydays on Friday........

"And the Boss is a Jerk"......LOL

Ken

[jasonL78]

The Northeastern Ice storm.

I am 10 minutes east of Albany Ny



The tree next to me!



The lake I live next to.





Local road!



Power company at work!



Just driving around taking pictures this morning!

[169indy]

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Electrician damm good trade to have..........one they cant outsource to China

YEARS ago I was a Pipefitter at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, building Coast Guard and Navy Ships........

Never was a real residential plumber, but I know poop runs downhill and paydays on Friday........

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You forgot "THEE" most important RULE
! ,,,and Don't lick your fingers!"

Jim
Marine Electrician- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard X51