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Old 06-26-2024, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
In my opinion, it is not worth it. A house on my street has one, and it is very noisy, and can be heard 5 houses away. I often wonder what it would be like if every house had one. I would probably need to leave my house during a power outage because the noise would be unbearable.
Wow it must need serious maintenance. It should only recycle once a week for less than 5 minutes. We can hardly hear ours that is next to 2nd master with 22’ ceilings. Even running for 5-10 days when power is out is nothing like running our 220 contractors generator.
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