"Frank Logullo" wrote in message
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Isabel did a number on me with 4 days loss of power and no water due to
well.
My plans are to wait a week and visit Home Depot and get them to hook me
up
(buy generator and installation).
Wonder if anyone has comments? I thought of this ng because last week I
took in my lawnboy for repair and they were swamped with generator and
sump
pump repairs. I've heard Honda is reliable and quiet but expensive.
Frank



One of the HUGE issues with generators is noise. Hondas are not only far
better in quality, they are far easier on the ears. Please make the db
rating a primary consideration in your purchase. A couple here was killed
because their generator was so loud that the neighbors complained. They
closed the garage door to keep the noise out of the neighborhood, and
subsequently died of CO2 poisioning. Most of the cheapos like Briggs and
Stratton powered crap is loud as hell, and it isn't worth the money in the
long run. We've had our Honda for going on 13 years and have had NO issues
with it whatsoever. It's so quiet that during the last ice storm the power
guys had to come up the drive to find out why we mysteriously had lights
when no one else in the neighborhood did. Standing at the front door, the
motor sound didn't even register with them as being a generator.

Sunflower
MS 7b