Ca storm

[Eddie M.]

Well its coming down pretty steady here now at the rate its going we'll have fire up the pumps in the morning to keep the cows from floating away oh well we do need it just not all at once

[Charley Lillard]

Horses are fine. Not even raining right now. Just getting sick of listening to my 500.00 Coleman generator.... We have had alot more rain than this but the winds were some of the worst I have seen. This is nothing compared to the Hurricanes etc that happen to others.

[Canuck]

Charlie
I recall the storms of Feb 1986,that flooded everything in your area. My wife and I had visited the Napa region and then headed to Palm Springs. Cut the trip short because of Weather and headed north. Got stranded in Santa Rosa. Next day we headed to SF to head east to I5 so we could take that north. Everything was flooding around Sacramento so we kept moving until we got to higher ground.
Bought a Honda EU6500 generator this year. Super quiet and puts out 5500 watts. Can run the main rooms in the house off it.
Hang in there!!
Paul

[Charley Lillard]

Got on the roof this morning between rains...

[Charley Lillard]

A little time with a sawzall and a couple motorcycle tiedowns and it is almost perfect.

[mbxlesney]

Hey Charlie......Might be a good investment to get a transfer switching station. Living FL. I went through the hurricanes from 2004 and being without a Well for a week was unbearable, I swore I would never go through that again. I have a 6000 watt generator thats not powerful enough to run central A/C, so I installed a window unit for the bedroom and can switch to whatever curcuits I need at the time so If I need water I can switch it to the well and if I want to run the fridge I can do that without overloading the generator. etc. The stations are sold at LOWES for around $500 and well worth it.And you can do all this right inside your Home or Garage whichever you prefer. The trick is to map out all of your existing circuits at your fuse panel and figure all of your wattages for the size of your Generator. A licensed electrician is a must though. Good luck and Hunker down as they say here in the Sunshine state. I will attach a pic of what they look like. The brand name is Reliance.

[mbxlesney]

Here is a Pic of the Transfer Station.

[x Baldwin Motion]

I've got one of these GenTran's in my office for a free standing portable generator we drag from the shed. Easy plug-in and we can bring on a choice of six circuits.

[Stuart Adams]

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A little time with a sawzall and a couple motorcycle tiedowns and it is almost perfect.

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You are too old to be on the roof!!

[Charley Lillard]

I have a master switch to switch to the generator but I have two meters and the well is on the other meter. We are adding another switch to add the well to the generator at the same time.

Stuart...I agree...