Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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As for cost, I believed this thread was about backup power. Anything that provides us with electricity will have a cost. If the deciding factor is purely having electricity in the home, you must pay a serious price whether it’s generators, Tesla, solar, hydroelectric or windmills. TV homes are VERY close together. Personally I’ve very sensitive to how I impact my neighbors. If their bedroom were on the side I would put a generator, than I will not get a generator. I would rather do without power for a day or two than subject my neighbor to the noise of an/my engine right behind their bed. That’s just me. If I had someone in the house with a medical need for cool air, or refrigerated meds, or respiratory issues, that would trump my need to be neighborly and I would install a generator. Since it’s just me and I hate sleeping in the heat (I keep my home 65-68), still I will live if I don’t have AC for couple days. I would probably go to a hotel. |
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Would you really want to store multiple tanks of propane
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They are not speaking of the little propane tanks that fuel your grill. They are referring to buried 500 lb tanks that are allowed in TV.
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I would be more concerned about a next door neighbor installing a pool and putting the pump equipment near my bedroom window. There should be restrictions on that.
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yea I would run with that one
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Been here 6 years and never heard of a large in ground propane tank getting lit off by lightning. Sumter County makes you pull permits for the propane installation, as well as for the electrical installation. Ground is checked and gas lines and tank are pressure tested. ARC must approve before permits are pulled. Yup, I would run with that one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
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It would be very interesting if someone could confirm if there is a public record of buried tanks and their respective testing records. Last edited by TNGary; 01-14-2018 at 09:44 PM. |
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You bury a larger tank in the ground. Its been done here in Stonecrest. Perfectly safe. You could use 20 LB. Bottles. How long those bottles last is up to you. I was not here for the last Hurricane. If Natural Gas is available its the better choice. But if I had to choose between Gasoline and Propane, I'll take the Propane. Its a far safer choice. They actually made deliveries of Propane one week after the Hurricane. When the hurricane season is over I'd use the propane for the grill. If I put in a generator I'd bury a tank. Hook it to the grill and the generator. You use power differently in an emergency. My neighbor purchased a small window air conditioner. With his generator he ran a few lights, the window air conditioner at night, and the refrigerator. Had ice and refrigeration. Power was back on 3 days later in our area. The worst case was 7 days in another part of the complex. We also have a few people who are totally off the power grid.
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Some folks worry too much. |
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Backup generators are not a necessity but are nice when the power goes out, mine was brought from Ohio just because I thought if a hurricane might cause a power outage, I would be able to save food etc. I have it converted to natural gas ,but with most power lines locally buried an outage seems remote.
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There are plenty of propane tanks buried in The Villages. On the Southside, pretty much any time you see a rectangular vent on a roof from an outdoor kitchen there is a buried propane tank. 250 gallons is the preferred size, I believe.
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http://gens.generac.com/generaccorpo...sheet-2017.pdf Here is typical air conditioner and it has a noise level of 67db. Infinity 16 Central Air Conditioning Unit - 24ANB6 | Carrier - Home Comfort |
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If you are really worried about losing power, get a double pole isolation breaker for your power panel-use it to feed necessaries and or a 240 v rv plug, get a trailerable low rpm diesel generator & keep it in your golf cart garage-wheel it out for testing once a month & hook up the power plug when you need it-its what I used in NJ
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