04-17-2007, 04:58 AM
They can make quiet ones. People just don't want to spend the money. You can get great ones, on a concrete pad out back, with a sound-muffled cover and hard plumbed into a natural gas line for about 3 grand. Most people won't spend the money.
This winter my accountant in South Seattle was without power for 8 days, and no cable for 10. She lost about a grand worth of food in her fridge and second full sized freezer, and couldn't work for those 8 days. So 3 or 4 grand, especially as a business expense are a no brainer.
Hard plumbed natural gas doesn't go bad sitting in a fuel tank (because it doesn't), and your tank won't run out in the middle of the night either.
John B has what I am talking about.
This winter my accountant in South Seattle was without power for 8 days, and no cable for 10. She lost about a grand worth of food in her fridge and second full sized freezer, and couldn't work for those 8 days. So 3 or 4 grand, especially as a business expense are a no brainer.
Hard plumbed natural gas doesn't go bad sitting in a fuel tank (because it doesn't), and your tank won't run out in the middle of the night either.
John B has what I am talking about.