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FYI, Mr BigTreesTechMan (aka Joe) and Mrs BigTreesTechMan (aka Dana) are planning on doing the America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride with the Sacramento chapter of TNT this summer.
Either join us or be prepared to donate!
joeLube Room TG day hours are on the Lube Room Page.
I highly recommend RJ’s Appliance. Always a pleasure to do business with.
http://www.rjsappliance.com/
209-795-6705I am looking for recommendations for an appliance/oven repair person. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Pleinair47Carlshome, I guess I was confusing folks. We have a propane tank that was originally installed just for heating in our cabin and in a bonus room above the garage. I wish the line ran near the stove in the kitchen or the water heater, but it doesn’t. Anyway, we can either install a generator where the gas line comes into the cabin, and add the appropriate wiring, or put it by the existing panel, and get a gas line to it. I’m guessing the former option is cheaper, but I don’t know yet. (I’d like to just talk my wife out of the idea, but that would definitely be a bigger project…)
I have used Seth numerous times over the years. The last few years there has not been much burning, but I call him in the spring to clean needles off the roof. If he cleans your flue in the spring, the needle cleaning has been part of the deal.
Brian Gundert, the Tree Whisperer, has done a lot of tree work for me. Falling trees and climbing trees to limb them up high. He can also be reached on his cell: 209-840-2546.
carlshome
Scott,
You got that right. Seth is a great asset your our community. I’ve also had him clean my roof valleys as I’m not going up two stories on a 12/12 roof. He does gutters too.
carlshome
MileHigh,
Your original post suggested a propane powered generator. If you are installing a propane tank, and associated plumbing you are more than half way to propane stove and water heater. I suggest that while the plumber is there installing the gas line, that you run a gas line in the direction of your stove and/or water heater. This will give you the option of gas appliances in the future when one of them needs to be replaced.
Good luck with your project,
carlshome
I just had Seth from Ash Away clean the chimney on my wood stove. He did a wonderful job. He was neat, thorough and timely. The neatness factor is important because he did it from inside the cabin. No dust, soot or ashes.
Scottdbsynergy, the Powerwall looked really attractive, but the fully loaded installation cost seems to get it close to a generator cost (probably no accident in Tesla’s pricing calculation) and it wouldn’t provide backup power for as long as a generator. Also, since it is designed for frequent loading and discharge (as with a solar system), some people wonder how it will work used only for occasional backup power). That may all become clear in a year or towo.
carlshome, I am surprised to see how much you get out of Honda 2000 portable. Good work! Unfortunately, we have electric water heating and stove. Wish we didn’t, but don’t want to tackle switching those over now. Still, what you’ve done with the Honda 2000 is tempting.
tatonka, thank you for the intall figure. My panel and gas lines are on opposite sides of the cabin 🙁 so I’ll have to see which service would be easier to bring over to the generator.The cost of the electrical box set up was around $1400.00. If you go stand by there could be other considerations such as running lines underground for electrical and propane lines. In this case a permit would undoubtedly be required. For my application there was no permit. If you have a gas stove and water heater your wattage requirements would less. I have both electric stove and electric water heater. I can shutdown the water heater if I don’t want it to kick on. Anything 220-230 volts would be tough on most portables. Mine can run about 8 hours on a full tank. I keep an extra 10 gallons of gas around and cycle into my truck about every 3 months.
