Hurricane is coming and I have an Above Ground Pool - HELP!

[AnnaK]

We do have a generator, a Honda EU2000i. Very quiet, takes 3 pulls to start, runs all night on a fillup. I'm powering two freezers and a refrigerator in rotating 6 hour shifts. It won't run the well pump, of course, and the pool pump isn't important enough. The genny also runs the UPS into which I plug the Mac, monitor, router, and modem and it's charging the cell phone, MacBook, and the iPad. So I'm not entirely without power. I have plenty of drinking and cooking water (stove runs on propane). The weather is mild today, A/C or fans not needed.

What I really really need is a nice long shower. Pool is too cold to get in, brrrrr.

[matcin2531]

You can use a welder too. Last ice storm took days of power to come back on. I went to the rental store and said I need a generator, he laughed and said "all out". I said how about a welder and well I guess, he learned something that day. I suppose not too many people know this as they had a bunch.

[matcin2531]

You should be able to run that well pump. I did it once, just cut off extension cord end and connect it in the fuse panel to the wire. It will run the pump for sure. Anything else you want too. lights,plugs,etc... If your gen. is too small to do all at once just unplug it when you are done. I know you can't get hot water from electric water heater but if you have gas you can take a hot shower.

[Watermom]

OK. Maybe I'm dense, but ......... welder?

[BigDave]

Stand alone Welder / Generator for field (no utility power) use. This manufacturer of such units put up a page about it (http://www.millerwelds.com/resources...nerator-Power-). I haven't read the whole article so... please don't judge me if there's anything wrong or inappropriate.

Note: The link mentioned in the post above is included for illustrative purposes only. It's inclusion in my post should not be construed in any way as an endorsement of this product or of using this type of equipment to supply emergency power or of anything at all. ;-)

[AnnaK]

You should be able to run that well pump.

The well pump is 230, the Honda is 110. It can't power the well pump.

I'm doing fine. I got a siphon going by using the pool cover pump hooked to the genny to start the flow. Since the pool is uphill from the house there's no problem keeping it going. I attached a hose end sprayer with a shut-off lever and, by noon, I have running warm water. Pretty uptown, eh?

[CarlD]

I, for one, am impressed! I have the same little Honda as my little gen. My big one will run 230v, but hooking it up to the house is an invitation to a fire if you don't have an electrician do it. We did it with another house, where power losses were frequent, many times a year and for hours at a time. We had a two panels, one just for running key circuits off the generator. It had a big switch. When the power went out, you threw the switch, plugged a cable into the gen and ran those key circuits--fridge, well, some lights, heat, but not A/C. When power came back on, you disconnected the gen, through the switch back, and those key circuits would be back on the grid, along with the rest of the house. It worked really well, with less discomfort than no power would have been.

Carl