NorthEast Blizzard Part #2 at the Bear Den (The finish)

[Bearcarver]

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@kruizer ---
@jaxgatorz ---

Thank You for the Likes, guys.

Bear

 

[retfr8flyr]

Bear I understand your point on the backup generator. I am located in a rural area of VA and we loose power for about every weather problem, thunderstorms, hurricanes, high winds, ice storms and it goes on. When I built my house20 years ago, I set it up for power loss. My heat is propane furnaces, hot water is propane. I have a 17KW propane powered generator with an automatic switch. I can run everything in the house in the winter time but I only run the upstairs heat pump, for A/C, in the hot months. This setup has been a life saver over the years. When we have a hurricane come through we can be without power for weeks and I just sit in my house fully comfortable.

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear I understand your point on the backup generator. I am located in a rural area of VA and we loose power for about every weather problem, thunderstorms, hurricanes, high winds, ice storms and it goes on. When I built my house20 years ago, I set it up for power loss. My heat is propane furnaces, hot water is propane. I have a 17KW propane powered generator with an automatic switch. I can run everything in the house in the winter time but I only run the upstairs heat pump, for A/C, in the hot months. This setup has been a life saver over the years. When we have a hurricane come through we can be without power for weeks and I just sit in my house fully comfortable.

Yup, I started 20 years ago too, but I did it piece by piece, and it became too late to get the bigger Generator with everything automatic:
We started with a small Heat Pump 20 years ago, and a Good sized wood stove.
Then it became a PITA bringing wood in, and I knew Mrs Bear wouldn't want to do that, if I'm gone. So I got rid of the Wood Stove & got a nice Pellet Stove. It worked nice, once I rigged it with a Wall Thermostat, but after awhile, I knew Mrs Bear would never want to have to carry 1 or 2 Bags of Pellets @ 40 pounds each.
So I changed the whole Heat Pump system into a better quality "Bryant Evolution" Hybrid Heat pump with Back up Propane Heater. Now the only thing needed, when we lose Power is to Crank up the Generator to power everything else, because as soon as my Heat Pump Hybrid realizes there isn't enough power for the big Outdoor Unit, it automatically switches to "Gas Heat".
I would rather have the fully automatic whole house set-up, especially for her, when I'm gone, but it's a little late for that right now.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

@Wurstmeister ---Thank You for the Like.

Bear