Six months ago Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to millions in the Northeast and the homes of Consumer Reports readers were no exception. When we spoke to 8,389 of our subscribers who live in the affected areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, 76 percent said they lost power for at least a day and the median number of days without power was seven. A fortunate few, 19 percent, used generators during the outage and, in part, because of the unavailability of fuel, those who owned portable models fared worse than those with stationary models.
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I've got one and it's the best investment I ever made. The only complaint is I don't like the noise.
ReplyDeleteThe best portable gen is a diesel one. Ethanol fuel fouls most carbs and eats the fuel lines on gas generators.
ReplyDeleteI just purchased a l. p. gas portable generator. I think this is the was to go. 100 gal. of propane will run this generator for 5 days.
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