Thanks Jim. Got power back yesterday, apparently at 4:00 PM and COX is again sending debris down the proverbial 'wire', which also apparently re-started also at around 4:00 PM. I think their local hub is powered by the same transfer station that powers my area and so we were all down at the same time (Easy Boys!).
No bid deal though- I have a generator that is large enough to allow us to live more or less normally (such as we ever approach 'normal' anyway
). 5000 watts, enough to run the house, both poles (230 Volts), the coffee maker, one burner on the electric stove, the microwave, etc. but only one of those high powered items at a time, along with the normal 'house stuff': refrigerator, boiler as well as lights as desired (we can walk around turning lights on and off normally) as well as the TV, computers, etc. The only thing that gets shaky is the electric clothes dryer; the generator runs it seemingly OK but when it is on, all the tungsten lights in the house drop to 1/2 output and are orange- not good. So no clothes drying during a blackout.
The generator normally sits for long periods of time (multiple years) without any attention until needed. I know I should not do that but I do so there we are. Anyway, it lit right up after a few pulls but then puked gasoline all over the place.... not good. Found the float stuck in the carburetor, fixed that and all was well except it would not run without about 1/4 choke. Turn the choke off and it would immediately die. So now it will get the maintenance it should have gotten over the last several years.
Brian
Hope you get power back soon, Brian.