Originally Posted by nldfc (Post 11010342)

Thinking of investing in one myself - there are a lot of rumours going around that the Avalon area of Newfoundland is almost tapped out on the grid and its not going to take much to knock us out for a while . If there is a good deal comes up on the sales this week I may grab it

Originally Posted by nldfc (Post 11010367)

I wasn't meaning to sound critical of the way you were doing it sorry if it came across that way - I am not much of a sparky myself

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 11010373)

Oh, I didn't take it that way. I'd be interested to know if the dryer socket method works and if there's any catch. MikeUK would likely know.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 11010372)

That's just to fuel the justifcation for Muskrat Falls (like the climate change tv ads) likely than any real problem? Although the power outage last winter in the middle of a snowstorm when Holyrood went tits up was a bit of an inconvenience to be sure.

We probably should have a generator, given that we are on well water & that the hot water radiation only needs power to the furnace and pump to heat the house. But in 8 years we've never had an outage longer than 12 hrs so it's not felt like an investment we needed to make. I'm sure that if the power does go out for an extended period in the winter, we'll be reconsidering!;)

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 11010291)

Orly...Thank you! :goodpost:

Originally Posted by nldfc (Post 11010403)

Seems it works going by a couple of youtube videos I just watched but some of the comments at the bottom of the videos makes it seem that it may be dangerous as well as nullifying your house insurance if it goes wrong . From what I can see your way with the switch over panel looks like the way to go :thumbup:

Pity as my dryer hook-up is on the garage wall so it would have been an inexpensive way to do it for me

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 11010415)

I find that quite amusing seeing as how Orly has been here for only a couple of years and lives nowhere near Ottineau - yet you berate another poster for being a 'newb' and therefore obviously (in your opinion) can't have any idea what is the 'norm' when they have lived there for 9 years, because they disagree with you.

Yawn.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 11010493)

More amusingly, I just checked the data back to 1990, which was as far as I could be bothered to go. No November day since then has seen the amount of snow we just had. Precious few Novembers have in total seen what we just had.

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 11010560)

Souvy....you actually went to that length? Come on now bruv'er

Oh...I didn't berate you, you and I have our ding dongs every now and then, I have no hidden agenda to go on a manhunt with you

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 11010309)

kids were dropped off at school and all that am guessing, or is it a snow day there too?

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 11010318)

I am not in Oakville at present.

I object to your habit of bringing people's personal circumstances into discussions where they have no relevance. How and when my children get to school is of absolutely no relevance to you and I'd thank you for not including them in your comments.

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 11010909)

Sue...

PM sent...I hear what you are saying, and like I told the member, he has a choice to ignore me (I highly encourage him to), unless of course there is more to it than meets the eye?

Thanks

Originally Posted by ultrarunner (Post 11010227)

Really....You obviously just arrived based on your previous posts. I was there before you arrived, and lived & worked on both sides

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 11010356)

The power comes on to the property at the garage (a separate building from the house). We had a electrician add a transfer switch there, next to the breaker box. The procedure now is to start the generator, plug in a cable from the new box to the generator and throw the switch that turns off the power from the grid and turns on the power from the generator. It works and has been inspected by someone official.

I don't know if the dryer method would work, it sounds feasible except for the mechanics of running a cable from the generator to the dryer socket. I'd rather try it at your house than mine but then I'm not good with electricity.