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Excerpt:

"Demand rising for gas generators

Take the 1998 ice storm, Y2K, Hurricane Floyd and now the Super Bowl storm. Put them all together and you have a huge demand for generators. Local electricians are doing a booming business wiring suburban homes so they can be safely powered by gas-powered generators."

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), February 04, 2000

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Ignac

-- Ignac Le Soit, Pilot (warhammer@Pride.of.Mandeyne), February 05, 2000.

Ignac

Links (MSNBC) often die quite quickly. This is what the article said in its entirety:

http://www.msnbc.com/local/WWBT/245506.asp

(for educational purposes only)

"Demand rising for gas generators

Take the 1998 ice storm, Y2K, Hurricane Floyd and now the Super Bowl storm. Put them all together and you have a huge demand for generators. Local electricians are doing a booming business wiring suburban homes so they can be safely powered by gas-powered generators.

Winter or summer, whenever any type of major storm comes through, we lose electricity, said Henrico resident Karen Perrine. After Floyd hit last fall, Perrine said she had had enough. She and her husband decided it was time to get a generator.

While the generator cannot power the entire house, the Perrines were able to weather the ice storm in relative comfort.

We can run the gas furnace. We can run the refrigerator, a set of lights and a couple of outlets in the kitchen, as well as some lights and outlets on the upstairs level for some of the bedrooms and the hallway, Perrine said.

Certainly enough to function and stay at home, and not feel like we needed to go to a motel or anything to survive this last power outage.

The Perrines decided to do it right. The generator has its own panel, which eliminates the risk of an explosion when power is restored.

The owner of Craven Electrical Services has lost count of how many panels he has installed.

In the last six months, I think weve put in more generator panels than we have in the last 20 years, said David Craven. I think its the combination of the Y2K scare and these blizzards and ice storms. People are kind of tired of doing without.

Even though the ice has melted and power has been restored, Craven is still getting calls for estimates. He says he has done eight so far this week.

Installing a generator panel in a home can cost anywhere between $400 and $600."

(end of article)

I presume Henrico is somewhere in the US. Hope this helps.

I believe your request for more info could have been worded more courteously.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), February 05, 2000.