We're about to get hit by another storm tomorrow. They're talking 100 mile per hour winds. It's already dumping huge amounts of very cold rain, the back half of our driveway is a little lake. We need to regravel next summer so it doesn't get so bad.
DH and I spent the day looking at generators and finally decided on one. He's gone back to town to pick it up while I do Mom duty with Rose at basketball practice. He took Tobias with him.
The generator we decided on costs $779, is water and rust proof, and will run for 10 hours on one tank of gas. I belive it is a 2 gallon tank. They had the sign up that says if you apply for the Home Depot card you get 10% off, so DH decided to do that. We won't use it though except for this and will pay it off immediately. It should cover a little more than the sales tax. Our sales tax is 8.4%. WA state has the highest sales tax in the nation, I think, and our county has one of the highest in the state.
This is a really big purchase and I was planning on making it, just not this soon. With the extra paycheck we have the money to do it, and I do not want to lose another $500 worth of food because I can't run my fridge and freezer. On the drive home I started having a really bad feeling that we needed to go back and buy it today and not wait until tomorrow. I've learned to go with those feelings and so has DH. DH called a bit ago and he got the last one there, so I'm glad I sent him back.
I'm not sure on the grand total yet but I'll edit this to add it in when he gets home.
Edited to add:
DH made it home safely! The rain is getting torrential. He decided not to apply for the Home Depot credit card as he thought it would be too easy for him to use it! So no 10% discount but no future temptation to use a credit card either, so maybe we still save in the end. The total cost of the generator with tax came to $844.
We're in for It!- - Now Updated
December 15th, 2006 at 02:13 am
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Glad DH is home for you! Sounds like he got back in a knick of time.
I agree with Jan, to be very careful about where you situate it. It is hard to keep it close to be conveinient, yet far enough to be safe. We lost 9 people in various carbon monoxide deaths from our last storm and power outage. Make sure your CM dector is plugged in too or its batteries are up to date!
December 15th, 2006 at 06:32 am 1166164327
Let us know how it goes. We have a generator..primarily used for our trailer...but it is here incase of emergencies...It is a nice security net...and something I feel is a good purchase.
I hope you're enjoying hubby being home!! At least you have someone to snuggle with during these storms! (not to mention shovel snow if need be!)
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