Your last generator Maintenance Run

[ultrarunner]

Hope you have CCTV and security passwords. You would be surprised how many people don't even know them for their own stuff.

Not sure... the place is packed to the gills with tools... I did find the plans for the home rolled up in the garage... lots of note pads with detailed notes on things... a family member was left the contents of the workshop... so nothing is staying...

I did put in the offer that any workshop items could be left... but the plan I heard is they are renting a large Rider with lift gate.

It's been a process so far with so many involved... in one way it would probably be doing me a favor to have the place broom swept clean on turnover... on the other hand... he had a killer test bench set up for projects... retired Telco Engineer and patent holder...

I do know the Solar Array was designed and installed by him with a signed off permit... but there was some issue with the utilities... which will not speak to me unless I am the account holder...

I can see having a permanent Generator would be a nice feature... but not high on my list of priorities... home was built in 1983 and sprinklered private residences were not that common back then... but he over built... one of the notes has 240 yards of concrete for footing and foundation...

The Realtors collective opinion is the solar added no value or was even a negative... especially since no one was versed on it...

 

[Industrial Toys]

Stuff like that is such a temptation, yet I am drowning in STUFF as it is.

 

[ultrarunner]

Stuff like that is such a temptation, yet I am drowning in STUFF as it is.

I hear you... and no one in my family has an interest... so it would not be like it would be for anyone but me...

My plan is to clear the lower level which is 3 car garage, utility room and workshop and use it just for my restored cars... it's small for that but would give me at least one place where things are organized and some of the cars could actually be seen together and easily... and the restored NAA Jubilee too!!!

Upstairs... I have never seen so many canned lights in my life... way overkill... the light switch cover plate at the main entry as 12 switches... twelve... indoor, outdoor, landscape, entry, etc... the driveway has electrical out lets every 12 feet in the knee high retaining wall...

I've been holding out for a property with a 4000 square feet shop/barn for years... but, doesn't look like it will happen...

Also, I have decided real estate prices have peaked... since I am buying... but long term it will work out.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just amalgamating newly acquired stuff into your own stuff is a giant task.

If those lights were not dimmed, it should have had low voltage lighting control GE RR7 or 9 relays.

 

[Fallon]

I once worked with an electrician. Fixed some circuits in a hoarder ladies house. Fixed one heater, but didn't know he livened up a baseboard heater in another room packed with junk and started a fire.

I have the facility to auto start my back up systems but I don't want the generator running while I am not here. Murphy just loves stuff like that! Nothing critical anyway. Just fridge and freezer.

Daylight savings time killed the last of our chickens. My automated coop door closer ended up closing an hour early. Chickens liquidated themselves into piles of feathers strewn across the yard after being locked out with the predators.

I have an emergency generator I need to hook up to the PTO on the tractor. No desire for a standby unit, much less an automated one. We can survive without power for a few hours. But I have the tools to prevent the house from freezing in the event of problems or a sustained outage.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Sad, when animals have to suffer at mans stupidity or technology. I mean, I don't care about the humans. they do it to themselves.

 

[Fallon]

Sad, when animals have to suffer at mans stupidity or technology. I mean, I don't care about the humans. they do it to themselves.

I hear that. Nothing makes you feel worse. Like stepping on your dogs tail. No matter how bad you feel you can't ever communicate that to them.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Always makes me wonder how animals experience pain.

 

[3930dave]

The wifi does not allow for remote start and stop....wish it could. The main issue is there is no way to remotely disconnect transfer switch before remotely stopping or starting generator. You DO NOT want to shut down or start generator under load.....not a good thing.

If generac would have designed transfer mechagnism to operate under 12 volts instead of 240 volts, it would have been an easy work around to wirelessly start and stop.

The new wifi generators, with a $49 per year subscription, allows (at the current time) generator status ie running, ready to run, error, etc,
Can set exercise time, can contact service tech, can monitor propane level with optional propane tank monitor, full run error history and can automatically upload any firmware updates.

Will allow for future upgrades to wifi system.

Generac will introduce an update to existing mobil link cellular monitoring systems that will allow them to operate on 4g and 5 g system as verizon phases out existing systems.

I believe they are also working on a work arround to add wifi to older evolution generators, but nothing is confirmed at this time. The wifi units use a different controller and have a wifi antenna.

Interesting that they didn't go 12v. For a distant property, that amount of existing telemetry would be nice.

In terms of remote I/O, Utility solutions have been around for a long time, but not what the avg home owner wants to budget for...

SCADALink RIO1 - Modbus I/O & I/O Telemetry Controller

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

The new owners were away for the weekend at Tahoe... power went out, generator started... problem is the generator was under moving boxes and Christmas Decorations... which caught fire... burned the beams supporting the concrete driveway and fire traveled to the home... before a neighbor investigated and called the fire department.

If I came across that paragraph on its own somewhere else, I'd figure it related to an old Chevy Chase movie....

Just when you think "Can't be any more really strange generator stories out there"..... along comes Cali millionaires and society's Need for more daylight Shopping Hours to the rescue !

I can't envision how that gen install was to code (meaning the beams, not re. preventing direct stupidity), even in old Cali.

Wow, just wow......

Rgds, D.