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Originally Posted by suesiegel
Like everything else there will be difference of opinion. We have an all electric home and like you would need to install a propane tank. Your listed 8K price does not include what it would cost to install a propane tank. I'm sure you would need to pull permits. I expect an above ground tank is illegal.
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Don't knowFL but about but above ground was legal in MA. With all the farm land in FL it seems like they would legal here too.
The tank is inexpensive if you get a propane contract from a dealer. They actually track power outages and know when to refill your tank just like an oil dealer watches degree days and knows when to refill you oil tank.
You do need permits but it's no big deal the generator installers have that all figured out.
Running an AC, probably the biggest thing in FL, is no problem even for a smaller generator. Winter here is so mild that I doubt you would need a very large generator for emergency heat which you could leave off the generator.
An electric stove is a real problem that could push you into 22KW or greater but you can always leave that off the generator. It's pretty easy to go through even a week long outage without the electric stove. A microwave and toaster oven can easily fill in.
So, at least at first glance, 8K seems like a reasonable estimate for an all electric home in Florida.
Actually when we had our generac in MA the thing that pushed the generator as big as it was (14KW) was our oil furnace, not our AC or well pump. An oil furnace has a big startup current and the 14KW was the smallest Generac that could handle it. Otherwise we could have had a smaller one.