We're saving it for the future. Last time we could have used it was a
year ago for Tropical Storm Irene (no power for 6 days). It's an
investment in a better life AND Home Depot will not accept generator
returns (a policy set up after Irene).
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
On 11/15/2012 10:41 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Bet that's the most expensive 24 hours of power you've ever bought. I
> was about to say I hope you get a lot more use of it when I realized
> that was not the right thing to say. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 11/15/2012 10:22 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
>> I visited the local Home depot on the way to work on Friday 11/9. The
>> girls at the customer service desk said that when they have generators
>> they are stacked right up at the main entrance. They had none. My wife
>> called the store one hour later, "oh, let me check in the back...we have
>> five 7K units, if you want one better come right down".
>>
>> I took a half day off and went home to set it up. That night we had
>> heat, hot water and Fios TV. 24 hours later our neighborhood power was
>> restore.
>>
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>> On 11/15/2012 10:30 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Wow. 12 days is a long time without power and I can well understand the
>>> decision to buy a generator. But I'm surprised you could even find one.
>>> Maybe you had to travel a long way to get it.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/14/2012 7:10 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>> I posted this a few days ago:
>>>>
>>>> "Good to be back. Power was out for 12 days. Two trees down on our
>>>> property, a third leaning at 30 degrees over our patio. One old pine
>>>> tree fell where I would normally park my car. We got lots of usage from
>>>> our LED AA powered flashlights and then invested in a 7000 watt generator.
>>>>
>>>> I've attached a small pic though I don't know if it'll go through. "
>>>>
>>>> That kept the message from going through (limit 40K).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ___________________________________
>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>>
>>>> On 11/13/2012 6:15 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>> Hey, I'm glad to see you're here. I was concerned you were without
>>>>> power after Sandy. I checked the Long Island Power Authority's outage
>>>>> map and saw there were still several hundred customers in Huntington
>>>>> without power. But maybe you were without power and just got it back.
>>>>>
>>>>> This reminds me that I was at Sands Point, Long Island in 1976 when the
>>>>> eye of Hurricane Holly passed overhead. Looks like Huntington is maybe
>>>>> 10 miles away so you probably remember that one as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/13/2012 6:56 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>>>>>> We have a 3 day turnaround.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ___________________________________
>>>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>>>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/8/2012 6:53 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>>> Another good article from LensRentals.com. On price and turnaround for
>>>>>>> repairs Tamron looks excellent and Olympus looks fairly good. Not so
>>>>>>> good if you own Nikon or Sony. One interesting observation is that
>>>>>>> large, fast lenses have higher repair rates than their slower brethren.
>>>>>>> The highest frequency of repair items tend to be big, f/2.8 and
>>>>>>> really
>>>>>>> big f/4 zooms. I guess AF motors and drive gears suffer the effects of
>>>>>>> moving large masses. There are also comments about specific weaknesses
>>>>>>> of certain lenses and bodies. There is a very high frequency of repair
>>>>>>> on the Canon 5D Mk III and Nikon D800s bodies and the Nikon 70-200 VRII
>>>>>>> for a tripod foot that's too weak and is easily bent. If you're in the
>>>>>>> market for new (or even used) gear this is a recommended read.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ps: I guess Tamron looks good on repairs since John Hermanson is now
>>>>>>> working there. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/09/lensrentals-repair-data-january-july-2012#more-9311>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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