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Venus Pax wrote:

jamey wrote:5. Natural gas clothes dryers will work on most generators, while electric dryers are too much demand for typical 5000-8000W home generators. Keep that in mind if you're shopping for new washer/dryers.

What effect will this have on a gas dryer? I lost a hair appliance using a generator, and was later told that generator power is not as safe for appliances as electric power.

I know a bit about CHI appliances.

The ChI is particularly sensitive about power surges. It uses vey lightweight power regulation and no isolation (transformers) from the AC power. They offer intermitent power usage of up to about 10 amps 1500 watts. and so the generator tends to bog down and race trying to compensate for it. The only devices I can think of that might have the same issues would be a microwave. But even they have better power supplies and don't cycle in quite the same way. The CHI hair iron turns power on and off in a digital way to maintain temperature.

I learned:

• Its only a house.
• When you evacuate, what you leave behind might not be there.
• Take all your pets, get tranquellizers ahead of time.
• Do not listen to the Politicians. Take all the vehicles you can.
• The Government won't help those who live responsibly, You are on your own FEMA is useless.
• The Government is not here to help, They are not your friend.
• Refrigerators float.
• Refergerators really smell bad when left without power for 2 weeks
• Bring guns when you evacuate.
• Flooded houses stink, After 2 weeks even the roaches leave.
• Salt water destroys almost anything it touches. Trees, walls books computers.
• The city cares more about boutique shops than the citizens that live there.
• Insurance adjusters exist to save insurance companies money.
• Good friends and family is the only true valuable
• Hurricanes surely are a powerful force
• major gains are really a series of small gains and accomplishments
• Hotel rooms get smaller and smaller with every day. It takes a special woman to put up with me so long in such tight quarters
• That when your feeling miserable and feeling sorry for your self is typically when you learn how much harder it is for the guy next to you
• One of the greatest feelings in the world is sharing a meal with a stranger
• Most people are really nice
• God really does answer our prayers
• Generators don't work well once dunked in four feet of water
• Dorothy had a point, There's no place like home.
• We really did have more stuff than we really need. Some stuff is only stuff.
• Books work well without electricity
• I learned what being tired really is
• Some of my neighbors are really nice people
• Paradise has its price