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a random photo looking out of Swedes backyard


Wilbur

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gonna calve in the spring

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yep, absolutely no birds except for crows, buzzards and some hawks here .. did see bluejays and wrens in the yard a few days ago .

. Every since we had that manipulated polar vortex here in Texas last February there has been a lot of unbalanced things in the realms of nature.
 
ROSTERMAN said:
Bet that sucker cooks peacocks pretty good
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Sacrilege! Fancy Pants is at his usual morning spot, looking over my shoulder through the window behind me as I type this.

Wait. He is tapping oddly on the window... Morse Code! I am good at Morse code...

He is sorry that mean surgeon sewed up your arsehole.

And:

May you have an interesting and exotic vacation, in Haiti!

Wait... He's still tapping:

May your boat capsize in the middle of the lake, and may your mother try to
attract attention as she runs up and down the shore, barking.
 
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pute said:
I feed the birds and squirrels. They are everywhere. Eating me out of house and home.
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Oh, me too. Besides my peacocks that were born in the back yard 18 years ago, I have an absolute unit raccoon <-- So fat, he resembles a hedgehog. A possum fambly. And squirrels (currently 7), three bunnies, birdies of all kinds like ibis, crows, woodpeckies, painted buntings, dove, blue jays, wrens, cardinals...

Each morning, I fill the squirrel-proof birdie feeder. There are some birds that cannot land well on a bird feeder (dove are very awkward) and some that sorta get half-trampled on the ground.

Then I fill the stoneware plate on the ground with birdseed, and top it with a layer of black oil seeds (favorite of Fancy Pants and Beau).

We are clearly watched in the morning by wildlife animobiles. Case in point. Had half a loaf of stale bread. Walked out to the plate and just dropped pieces all over.

Walked back in, and called the Beautiful Witch to observe. We walked over to the window, and there was a fargin crowd of creatchy-poos, up to and including a murder of crows. The bread was gone in 30 seconds.
 
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kevinn said:
2 days without power and no idea when it will be back on. Can not get out as there is a tree across road and power lines every 50 yards. They can not plow because of all the downed trees. Gas stove keeping us warm but no well water without power. And with a house full the toilets are worse than port a pots. Ps I do have a small generator but have not used In 5 years and it is still not working. By the time I tear apart the carb I will not need for another 5yrs. At least it is going to get above freezing today. Talk to all soon
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I had the same problem with fouled carburetor twice and when I replaced it the last time, I picked up a tri-fuel kit for it, so as to run gasoline, propane, or natural gas.

I've installed an automatic transfer switch but run it manually as the generator needs to be relocated outside my garage before starting. My long-term plan was to modify the exhaust to include some flex pipe and an exhaust stack with additional muffler that would discharge above the roof line away from any ventilation sources.

A simple home project that continues to drag its feet because at our location, we've never been without power for longer than eight hours that I can recall and our weather conditions are relatively mild overall. Something else has always been more exciting and both times I decided to bring it online, it failed to start.

Bubba said:
That's the setup I'm interested in. Roll it out, plug it in. I've seen ideas that were cheaper, but the switch can be very expensive. What did you use to switch generator to panel? Bubba
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Location, location, location.......... You need to think of a location where the exhaust won't end up in your home and where the noise doesn't keep you and your jealous neighbors' awake nights, yet the engine stays cool.

A manual transfer switch is the cheapest safe way to be 100% for sure, without physically disconnecting wires. Sometimes breakers stick and all legs don't disconnect.

What I did was not try and power my whole house, but just select circuits, which I extended from the main panel to a separate distribution panel underneath the main panel. That made it easy to cut in the transfer switch without cutting in ahead of the main panel. It is just a 240V breaker in the main panel, which the transfer switch controls.
 
Tattered Old Graywolf said:
I had the same problem with fouled carburetor twice and when I replaced it the last time, I picked up a tri-fuel kit for it, so as to run gasoline, propane, or natural gas.

I've installed an automatic transfer switch but run it manually as the generator needs to be relocated outside my garage before starting. My long-term plan was to modify the exhaust to include some flex pipe and an exhaust stack with additional muffler that would discharge above the roof line away from any ventilation sources.

A simple home project that continues to drag its feet because at our location, we've never been without power for longer than eight hours that I can recall and our weather conditions are relatively mild overall. Something else has always been more exciting and both times I decided to bring it online, it failed to start.



Location, location, location.......... You need to think of a location where the exhaust won't end up in your home and where the noise doesn't keep you and your jealous neighbors' awake nights, yet the engine stays cool.

A manual transfer switch is the cheapest safe way to be 100% for sure, without physically disconnecting wires. Sometimes breakers stick and all legs don't disconnect.

What I did was not try and power my whole house, but just select circuits, which I extended from the main panel to a separate distribution panel underneath the main panel. That made it easy to cut in the transfer switch without cutting in ahead of the main panel. It is just a 240V breaker in the main panel, which the transfer switch controls.
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Which tri power carb system did you go with
I have older Gerac 5500 8500 surge and was thinking of doing the mod?
 
Tattered Old Graywolf said:
I had the same problem with fouled carburetor twice and when I replaced it the last time, I picked up a tri-fuel kit for it, so as to run gasoline, propane, or natural gas.

I've installed an automatic transfer switch but run it manually as the generator needs to be relocated outside my garage before starting. My long-term plan was to modify the exhaust to include some flex pipe and an exhaust stack with additional muffler that would discharge above the roof line away from any ventilation sources.

A simple home project that continues to drag its feet because at our location, we've never been without power for longer than eight hours that I can recall and our weather conditions are relatively mild overall. Something else has always been more exciting and both times I decided to bring it online, it failed to start.



Location, location, location.......... You need to think of a location where the exhaust won't end up in your home and where the noise doesn't keep you and your jealous neighbors' awake nights, yet the engine stays cool.

A manual transfer switch is the cheapest safe way to be 100% for sure, without physically disconnecting wires. Sometimes breakers stick and all legs don't disconnect.

What I did was not try and power my whole house, but just select circuits, which I extended from the main panel to a separate distribution panel underneath the main panel. That made it easy to cut in the transfer switch without cutting in ahead of the main panel. It is just a 240V breaker in the main panel, which the transfer switch controls.
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It can be stored in my basement, hall that goes to a bathroom I don't use. Right around corner from door to outside. Panel is on other side of door. Plug would be located outside this door.

Bubba
 
Morning OFC. My poor furnace is working it's azz off. Right at 0 right now. I do need some kind of general. You guys make it sound complicated though. The older I get the less I want to take on new projects though.

My gas fireplace helps but it makes the rest of the house cold hen it give the furnace a rest and try to use nothing but the fireplace.

Sure would like to stick my nose in on the no mods thread but I said I wouldn't so I won't..... Careful Hopped didn't commit to that....even if he does then there is Angie.

Mrs Pute has cataract surgery today. That is gonna take a large part of the day.

I need coffee.
 
pute said:
Morning OFC. My poor furnace is working it's azz off. Right at 0 right now. I do need some kind of general. You guys make it sound complicated though. The older I get the less I want to take on new projects though.

My gas fireplace helps but it makes the rest of the house cold hen it give the furnace a rest and try to use nothing but the fireplace.

Sure would like to stick my nose in on the no mods thread but I said I wouldn't so I won't..... Careful Hopped didn't commit to that....even if he does then there is Angie.

Mrs Pute has cataract surgery today. That is gonna take a large part of the day.

I need coffee.
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Best of luck . Im sure see will see much better
 
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