[GeoStL] Re: Ice
- From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:08:48 -0600
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Gale,
I've got a gas furnace, so the solenoid to open the gas valve and the 1/6 HP
blower motor doesn't take much current. The std car battery worked fine.
Back in my old hot rod days I was building a '49 Anglia gasser with a blown
& injected 327 Chevy. For ballast, I had a new 12 volt bus battery, which
was about 15" by 24". If I still had that I could run the inverter all
winter if I needed too :-). As it is my new unused generator I bought after
the Dec. storm sits in the garage unused as good insurance from having
another outage.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:06 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Ice
> -
> Our electric went off Sunday at 6:10 a.m. here just south of Union. I had
> just gotten up at 6 and boom. Guess I should have stayed in bed. Finally
> got
> it back last night around 8 p.m. My parents were out of power in
> Washington
> from about Saturday at midnight until late Sunday afternoon. Kelly and
> Isaac spent Sunday night at my parents' house but I had to stay here with
> the dogs, Jack our Lhasa that many of you have met and we have a new
> 12-week-old Cairn Terrier. I had a 5,000 watt generator a friend picked
> up
> Sunday morning for me at Home Depot in St. Louis. I was making calls back
> and forth to him and my parents who were in line at Lowe's in Washington
> trying to get a generator for me. My parents were just about to have
> their
> order filled when my friend called and said he was loading it on his
> truck.
> My friend was coming out here anyway because we were making deer sausage
> with a couple other guys. We had to move the sausage making to Hwy A just
> out of Union because the house off of Hwy YY we were going to was out of
> power also. Once I got the generator, I replaced the female end of an
> extension cord with another male end and plugged the generator directly
> into
> a house outlet to power several outlets and lights without a bunch of
> extra
> extension cords. I ran the fridge during the night while I slept, so it
> was
> fine. And I was able to catch the season premier of 24 Sunday night. Had
> to
> keep the TV on the generator last night after the power came back on
> because
> it went off and on about 5 times and I still had another hour to watch of
> the second night of 24.
>
> Rich, do you have a gas furnace and you were just running the blower off
> your car battery? Otherwise, you must have a massive battery in your car
> to
> power an electric furnace. Must be a hybrid. ;-)
>
> Gale
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:41 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Ice
>
>
>> -
>> Well,
>>
>> I guess it's payback time.
>>
>> We lost power In the summer storm for 5 days and lost all our food. Then
>> in
>> the winter storm we were without power for 4 days and lost some of our
>> food.
>> I was able to run the furnace with an inverter from the car battery after
>> day 3, so at least we were warm.
>>
>> This time nothing but a flicker or two. I guess all the trees from the
>> last
>> 2 storms are down in this area (Crestwood), and there are no more to
>> fall.
>> Any ice we did have on bushes and branches has all melted this morning,
>> so
>> if we make it through tonight, I think we'll be OK.
>>
>> I think the worst part of the winter storm is it being dark at 5PM so it
>> makes the nights very long. Also constantly turning on the light switches
>> every time you walk into a dark room.
>>
>> Oh, and the pools are still open down here where it's warm :-)
>>
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 1:27 PM
>> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Ice
>>
>>
>>> -
>>> My l gh t s e e p f l k e r i ng t o o . :-)
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Susan Ring" <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:48 PM
>>> Subject: [GeoStL] Ice
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> All right, I'll start the round of "how's it going so far?" while I
>>> still have power and internet access. Who knows how long that will be
>>> the case.
>>>
>>> Here in St. Peters it looks very bad-trees and limbs down all over the
>>> place. Scariest thing when you go out is all the trees hanging low
>>> over the streets. Lots are w/o power but I haven't checked the latest
>>> numbers. When the wind starts to blow I fear it's going to get ugly.
>>>
>>> On a brighter note: I'm stuck in my home town instead of Columbia :-)
>>> And by golly the ice is sure pretty in spots.
>>>
>>> Oh, I also managed to get the cookies baked for Cabin Fever last
>>> night as the lights were flickering and dimming every so often.
>>> They're stored safely in the freezer.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>>
>>>
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