Our standby generator is finally installed and working the way it is supposed to. Monday it will be totally done, including repairing the dry wall damage.

We started on it in July, so it has been a long road. A whole-house standby generator that replaces the power from the utility grid is a big deal - it's a parallel universe of its own. We all take the electricity inside our houses for granted until something goes wrong or we want something new wired up, then it's traumatic to see how walls get opened up, stuff gets added to the outside of the house, and wires get strung all over the place.

We were met by a number of challenges, not the least of which was the need for a separate propane supply. This was because our current propane system is not up to current building code, but is grandfathered if we don't make changes to it. Fortunately, we had an empty, unused tank near where it needed to be. Not to say that moving it was an easy task for Mr. Troutbend.



Note the berm of pine needles to keep it from rolling 30 feet downhill into a little creek.



Here is the pad he prepared for the generator according to specifications provided by the generator company. We called it 'the grave.'



Generator delivery. That's Mr. Tbend driving our Ford skidsteer (aka bobcat). We could never have gotten it around the house without it.





To be continued...