Box Wired for Generator
Forgot to mention a few weeks ago that the husband got the box wired which will be used for back-up power. We suffered through the worst ice storm we had ever known in January of 2007 and some folks near us were without power for weeks. Before we broke ground on this house we decided to wire it up for emergency power using a separate box and romex going to various receptacles throughout the house. Now what we've basically done is put three receptacles in the kitchen, one next to the bar, one in the master bedroom, two in the living room, and one in the pantry (for refrigerator to be plugged into). The generator will be set on the east side of our home and when we get the frame built for it I will post a pic. Seemed like a pain at the time stringing the romex for that separate box but during the next power outage we'll be glad we took the extra time to do it right. We have a wood burning stove for heat which will keep us warm and cozy during any outage. Losing lights during a power outage was never really an issue with us because we have oil burning lanterns that we've used in the past when we've had to, but there was always that worry over the fridge not being on and us ending up losing everything in it.
This ought to fix that :) As you can see in the photo, we have yet to trim off that spray foam insulation.
The other pics are of our latest ice storm which took place January of this year.
The trees were really bent over and the birds sunflower seed habit just about put us in the poor house.
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