Posted: 12/18/2008 8:11:46 PM EDT
| My Uncle lost power for three days... he is pushing 80 lives alone and he lost all his food in the fridge. I'm going to go up and see him over the holidays and deliver a generator while im at it. can anyone tell me the propper procedure on running a generator to power a fridge/freezer? and can anyone share a link or info on converting a honda motor to propane? Any help is gretly appreciated |
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Check out this Link... What size honda generator are you talking about? Good luck getting your uncle up. The easiest way to get the fridge running is with an extension cord. |
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It always amazes me when people sit there and say I have no power my food is going bad. Look outside, ice and snow is great for keeping food cold. Ain't MI cold in S. Texas this time of year. It'll be a balmy 85 in harlingen, might wanna wear some sunscreen if you'll be outside. |
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How far away does he live? Is there anyone close to him (location) that could either stay with him, and help him keep the place warm, maybe help with getting food outside, or in coolers? Check in on him regular? Or some one who could take him in until power comes back on?
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How far away does he live? Is there anyone close to him (location) that could either stay with him, and help him keep the place warm, maybe help with getting food outside, or in coolers? Check in on him regular? Or some one who could take him in until power comes back on? he lives about an hour nd a half from me. he"s in central AZ, prolly at worst gets to 10 degrees... he is about 25 minutes from town, but he lost about 300 bucks in frozen food. he"s a fiesty old coot, he wont need anyone till he starts pooing himself |
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A simple Coleman 1850 Powermate generator will serve his immediate needs. Take it along with enough gas to get him by for 10 days. Mine will run for about 5-6hrs on one tank of gas. If I recall correctly it holds about 1.5 gallons of gas.
Convert it over to propane after the power is restored. Take an extra quart of oil too! |
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belt-fed, if it's below freezing where your uncles at, then tell him to fill 2 liter bottles about 3/4 full, put 'em outside until they freeze solid and then put them in the fridge and freezer. 3 o r 4 will keep food for a while. a friend did this for 3 days, rotating in bottles as others thawed.
props for taking care of your family. |
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We have converted two Honda EU2000i generators with kits from Generator salesConversions I have two 6500 kits sitting in the shop waiting for my friend to bring the generators over for conversion.
Their conversions are easy to install and allow you to use all three fuels. Red |