In reply to Dr. Hess :
Dad's been gone 4 years now. That clusterberkeley didn't last long though, about 3 months of at home before sepsis set in and that started the string of direct to heart ports.
On the other side, the power company still has us and most of the street on "medical priority" should there be an outage. Longest service drop we've had was about 6 hours when a line snapped off a transformer.
Ran my house off a 6kw Honda for a while. Dipped fuel compared to my neighbors. Was quiet.
If if I were to do it again I’d get one that has an auto transfer switch and hook it up to a natural gas line. No more fuel going bad.
Based on the commentary so far, it almost sounds like I'd be (much) better served with the following if I can afford it:
Given an auto-transfer and connections to natural gas, that would mean I'm looking at a permanent install there anyway, right?
I dont think they make inverter generators that large. If they do, they would be crazy expensive. My 2 neighbors have whole house systems. Regular non-inverter generators that are built into insulated boxes so they are pretty quiet when running. Both run off large 500- 1000 gallon propane tanks that need a delivery truck to fill up.
You can play with adding mufflers to a regular generator. The engine is making the most noise. I was going to do it to mine to keep it a bit stealthier but running it in my shed works. Shed side windows open, box fan pushing out window to keep heat and fumes down in the shed. Got a sweet 100’ 10 gauge drop cord with 3 plug end to get into the house. Fridge plugs in direct, other good cable off to a/c and whatever else.
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