Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Been here 15 years…..never lost power more than 4 times for maybe 3 hours.
I value my garage space too much to add anything else. No matter what you’ve packed so far, in a year you won’t want a third of it |
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I had a generator up north and decided to give it away when I moved south. My thinking was underground service should be reliable. I was in a different community when IRMA passed over and lost power for 2 days. Underground service was not the problem. Transformers can fail and it takes time to replace them. In retrospect, it was still a good decision to leave the generator up north. Gas generators make a lot of noise and that is a problem with homes packed close together. I thought about getting a solar generator. Totally quiet and lasts for hours depending on the load.
I had an A/C already installed in my lanai for my first Florida house. I had water leak problems around the A/C and had to remove it. My current house in TV has a mini-split on the lanai and it works great. |
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If the generator can start and run the portable AC unit, bring it, especially if it is a good quality generator. I have been south of 44 for 5 yrs and only one 8 hour outage. In the summer heat that could be brutal. Rescuing your refrigerator food and meds is another reason to have a small generator. We still have some above ground power lines in the “southern areas” so the 60-70 mph winds from a hurricane (that’s what we get) or drenching electrical storms can interrupt electrical and internet.
If you have equipment you use and love I would bring it. I am kicking myself for selling my Honda gen and oak furniture at the advice of others. The Harbor Freight gen is harder to operate and less efficient. |
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Many people & posters think this makes The Villages immune from outages.
Lines feeding into The Villages are not all underground.
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Identifying as Mr. Helpful |
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Neighbor also used our portable a/c when their home A/C went out. It was a life saver. |
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I don't see a discussion on GAS STORAGE. Garages here are much hotter than up North. Best to run and store non-ethanol high test gas and add stabilizer. When gas sits for long periods its octane rating will lower. By starting with high test and using stabilizer high test might degrade to mid or regular and still be fine. Because generators set for long periods and they should be started periodically to make sure they will run when they are needed.
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Hotels
Thinking that you will be able to move to a hotel after a big hurricane might not work out. If a big storm comes, the people from the coast will already have taken up most, if not all of the rooms. For example, I was working hurricane response after Katrina. When the Second one came (Rita) we had to leave while it passed and had to drive all the way to Memphis to find a room. Barely got one then. Way back in '92 we were sent to Kauai following hurricane Iniki. We had to sleep in tents at a park.
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It does take planning ahead. Our Westinghouse iGen 2500 revs up only if power is called for, and can run for about 10 hours on a tank of gas (approx. one gallon), but probably more under a heavy load. Gasoline isn't a problem. If we need generator gas I just siphon a gallon from the golf cart and we're good to go. Stale gas can be a problem. I run our generator about once every other month or so (more in summer) to power my lawn tools (mower, hedge trimmer, edger) so I keep the gas relatively fresh. If longer than that and I suspect stale gas, I just dump what is in the tank into a gallon jug and then pour it into the car's tank. |
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