Oh, yes, in the summer, the house including the heat pump cooling can=20
run off our 12KW standby generator, fueled by our gas well. It's a=20
little noisy, but off to the non- sleeping end of the house. We have=20
done that while replacing the aluminum underground service with copper.=20
:)  I had several years ago, worked with our power utility (a small=20
Rural Electric Coop where you know nearly everyone by first name) to use=20
a radio controlled switch like for peak shutdown of air conditioning or=20
water heater to start my generator before a rolling blackout (a few=20
years into the future) thing. I had hooked a buzzer to the switch when=20
it was activated, but never was. :(
On 6/3/2014 12:51 AM, Bob Blick wrote:
> Cut your electric bill in half -- super-sharp carbide scissors make it
> easy!
>
> I forget what magazine this was a parody of, but it had Miss Piggy (from
> the Muppets) on the cover.
>
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014, at 08:06 PM, IVP wrote:
>
>> "the generator is producing has the potential to lower your electric
>> bills by 90%"

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