Power outage---USSC 6039 to the rescue

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We woke up this morning a little chilly after the power went out sometime in the night. I hooked up a cheap, 1200 watt generator I bought at Wal-Mart a couple hears ago and got the pellet stove up and running. Put it on the highest setting and took the chill off the place. I had never tried the generator before and never run my stove that hot. Both worked fine.

If you are not in the market for a big Genset I'd recommend getting a small one at walmart just for the stove. They run about 150 bucks, likely cheaper on sale. And it is not one with the pure sine wave track. Make sure your it through a power bar. It would not however power up my UPS, which runs the stove for a few minutes during short power glitches.
 
What do you mean, a power bar? Just a simple surge suppressor? I kinda forgot about this since last winter, got the generator fueled and ready, heavy extn cord ready, but forgot about the power conditioning.
 
Its power cord you buy at the hardware store that has a bar on the end with several plug in slots and a reset button that prevents power surges from getting to your computer and other sensitive equipment.

When computers get to your area they will be a must have in all homes. lol
 
you mean a surge protector never heard it called a power bar, thanks
 
I thought it was one of them energy bars that have lots of vitamins and rocks and the most prominent flavor is bland.
 
Scoop said:
Its power cord you buy at the hardware store that has a bar on the end with several plug in slots and a reset button that prevents power surges from getting to your computer and other sensitive equipment.......
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No offense Scoop, but the "hardware store power bars" are junk. Get a real surge protector.

Lot's of good info and choices here at this thread, with links to other threads related to this topic:

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/58498/
 
A cheap one is a power bar, e more expensive one is a surge protector. I agree you're wise to get the best you can afford. I have several in use around the house and have never had a problem with any of them, cheap or expensive. If your talking a battery pack to run your stove in an outage that's a bit more money.

I was just pointing out that my cheap genset, with a cheap power bar ran my stove for four hours and more.
 
Scoop

Im glad it worked out well for you and your stove ran fine. I'm currently looking at generators online, its too bad that none of them I see tell you about the sine wave and if they are ok for computers and delicate electronics.
 
Nicholas440 said:
Scoop

Im glad it worked out well for you and your stove ran fine. I'm currently looking at generators online, its too bad that none of them I see tell you about the sine wave and if they are ok for computers and delicate electronics.
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My Honda EU series say clean power pure sine wave for sensitive equipment. Cheap generators or inverters can not say that because it cost more to make. Poor quality power can shorten the life of things plugged into it. Other quality generators include Yamaha and Robin-Subaru. Kippor may be ok but I've heard them to be less reliable. It is important because I use a generator for equipment worth thousands of dollars like my pellet stove possibly in a blizzard. Look for quiet inverter generators. They are also about 1/10 the noise of a cheap generator.

I've heard more than once the value in a good surge protector is the warranty/insurance if a real surge occurs. When lightning strikes it will fry equipment on the circuit. The warranty/insurance covers replacement of the fried equipment. Basically they are spreading the risk over their other customers.
 
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