Let there be….

….freezers.  After years of trudging down an icy hill to start the auxiliary generator, we finally took pity on me and bought the real thing.  Here a member of Mike Sweeney’s crew hooks up our new Generac 20kw unit….enough to power the whole house and our four big meat freezers.

Until now it’s been a real chore, not only cranking the portable 6kw unit, but moving it and various extension cords around to keep not only us warm but the meat solid.

This not only senses a power loss and automatically kicks in, it also shuts off when the power returns.  And the gas company keeps it filled.  Again, no more trips down the hill every 5 hours to reload the tank….and carrying a 5 gallon jerry can is no longer my idea of “walking in a winter wonderland”.

Why did we wait so long?!