I'm making two posts in reverse order. Well, if I am aware enough to make that happen. I'm pretty beat.

Well, I got home yesterday afternoon, and was exhausted. I had had about twelve hours of sleep over the last three nights, and I didn't know how long I was going to hang on. I had voicemails and e-mails indicating "urgent" matters that I had to deal with. I did. I went to bed very early. I woke up only once and noticed that the power was off. I slept an unheard of 12 hours. I got up. The power was still off. I called the power company and learned that the power would not come back on until 2:00 pm. I needed power, and excitedly planned to use my generator with the new switch.

I ran down town to fill a gas tank. I returned and drug the generator out of the garage. I put it on the deck, and gave a number of pulls on the starter cord. It started up, and I went down to get the house cord. I grabbed the cord, and reached up for the switch. About that time, I noticed that the indicator light was a bright green. The power was back on.

I was so disappointed...

Next time...