generators

[JimD]

Get an electric start, you can integrate it into your household electrical system using a magnetic switch so it will automaticly kick on in case youre not home to fire it up... Talk about piece of mind!

[Snausages01]

Honda is quite and if you have the money I'd say go for it. I have used the Briggs and Stratton generators before and they seem to be a pretty solid unit; however, as others have mentioned they can be loud, but if they are outside it shouldn’t be too bad (we use on at the LSU football games). Plus I think I could deal with the loud noise opposed to no power. Also, a good thing to plan to run off of a generator is a nice size fan if you buying one in preparation for hurricane season.

I am in the same situation as you are right now and am just starting to look for one, but I don’t want to buy one that is no good and won’t last; therefore, I am planning to go with what I have used in the past, the Briggs and Stratton most likely.

If you are just looking to run your tank I’d say you’d be able to get by with a 1000 watt generator. Also, you could just use a deep cycle batter and a power inverter. With a 120 amp hour deep cycle you can run a single Tunze 6060 for about 30-40 hours, and at a cost of about only $70 its hard to beat when you don’t have a generator.

[GaryP]

Gator's talking about getting a big diesel generator. I guess I know who the go to guy will be in case their is a power failure at the SBC center during the play offs.

Remember, in reference to the start up power requirements, that you don't have to start everything at the same time. This will cut down your overall power requirements. In the case of an automated system, the impellors might still be spinning (???) to some degree when the back up power kicks in and won't have as much of a power requirement as if they were completely shut down.

[bprewit]

Military surplus generators can be found at good prices as well and are built to pretty tight specs so usually trouble free for extended periods of time!
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