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Baby its Cold Outside!

Here in the South, we face alligators, snapping turtles, mosquito swarms, and 110-degree heat without a whimper. However, when the weather turns cold and the forecast is for icy rain, we become helpless!

With it expected to be 29 degrees in Baton Rouge on Sunday night, and even colder thru most of the Southeast, it seems prudent to offer some cold weather survival skills. While the folks in the Northeast and the Northern Plains States may laugh, this weather presents a serious survival challenge to us. Here are a few tips to help you get thru this safely:

First remember your Hurricane preparations (except instead of a raincoat you are going to need a heavy jacket!!):

• Stock up on food and bottled water, medicines, and if needed, infant supplies like diapers and formula. For me, necessities include Diet Mountain Dew and Reece’s Cups! Even if the stores are open, you don’t know how to drive in icy conditions and should stay home until the weather clears. Freezing to death in a ditch is not a pleasant way to go.
• Get the portable generator out of storage and make sure it will start. Store extra gasoline safely.
• Fill the bathtub(s) with water. If utility water service is lost, this water can be used to wash and flush toilets.
• Fuel your cars/trucks now, don’t wait until Sunday afternoon when the lines are long and the supplies short. But didn’t you say to not drive? Yes, and I meant it, but the vehicle can serve as a short-term emergency warm shelter and as a way to charge phone batteries.
o Have the radiator system serviced or check the antifreeze level yourself with an antifreeze tester. Add antifreeze as needed.
o Replace windshield-wiper fluid with a wintertime mixture.
• Now lets get the house ready –
o Seal off unused rooms by stuffing rolled-up towels in the cracks under the doors. At night, cover windows with extra blankets or sheets.
o Have a plan to take care of your pets. They need adequate shelter. In sub-zero temperatures, their paws, noses and ears can succumb to frostbite—bring them inside. If you can’t bring them in your home, house them in a garage or basement with plenty of warm bedding.
o Keep your pipes from freezing. Wrap them in insulation or layers of newspapers, covering the newspapers with plastic to keep out moisture. Allow a trickle of water to run from a faucet if your pipes have frozen in the past. This will keep the water moving so that it cannot freeze.
o Know how to shut off your water if a pipe should burst.
o DO NOT USE YOUR CHARCOAL GRILL IN THE HOUSE – Carbon Monoxide is deadly!!!
• Check in with elderly or disabled relatives and neighbors to ensure they are safe. Again, get them situated BEFORE the freeze comes – stay off the road!
• But I used to live up North, I know how to drive in ice and snow! Well, even if that is true, you will be on the road with hundreds of other who don’t. Did I mention – STAY OFF THE ROAD! AGAIN - FREEZING TO DEATH IN A DITCH IS NOT A PLEASANT WAY TO GO.

WHY WOULD A PERMANENTLY INSTALLED EMERGENCY GENERATOR NEED A CAM-LOK CONNECTION PANEL?
Having a well-designed set of pre-installed cam connectors, in a convenient area, will allow for quick, safe, and economical load bank testing of generators on a scheduled basis. They eliminate the need to disconnect permanent wiring and will reduce the time, and costs required to service the generator.
There are many factors to consider when installing a permanent emergency generator system. Call today and allow us to help you design a safe and easy-to-maintain installation.
Emergency Generators must be periodically tested under load to ensure they will start, run, and provide power when needed. Many emergency generators are sized for reduced loading, providing power to only a limited number of priority circuits. Tripping the main power source to test the emergency generator would leave much of the facility without power.
Therefore, the generator is tested by connecting to a portable, temporary load bank, basically just a large resistor that substitutes for the load the generator would see in an emergency. Connecting and disconnecting the load bank can be a labor-intensive operation, and puts the facility at risk if a power outage occurs during the testing.
Having a well-designed set of pre-installed cam connectors, in a convenient area, will allow for quick, safe, and economical load bank testing of generators on a scheduled basis. They eliminate the need to disconnect permanent wiring and will reduce the time, and costs required to service the generator.
There are many factors to consider when installing a permanent emergency generator system. Call today and allow us to help you design a safe and easy-to-maintain installation.

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Here at J Custom we have a lot to be thankful for, not just on the one special day in November, but every day. As we count our many blessings, we are reminded of the people who make our company great: our customers!
We know you have many options in supplies so we want to extend a very special “Thank You” for choosing J Custom as your power distribution vendor.
Wishing each and every one a safe and Happy Thanksgiving holiday.
Barbara, Bobby and Gil
J Custom Supply, Inc

Wanted to post this for my old buddies who didn't make it back. And everyone shout out Happy Birthday to the Devil Dogs. OooRah! Marines