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Old 08-30-2023, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by C. C. Rider View Post
I have a portable generator that produces 3,650 watts which will take care of the basics pretty well, but it seems that the limiting factor is fuel storage. It runs on either gasoline or propane, but it's hard, or perhaps I should say "inconvenient", to stock up on enough fuel to last more than a couple of days, and even that would be with intermittent usage.
This is why small inverter generators are key. Five gallons of gas and my golf Cart's gas tank will keep me in power for five to seven days. That's not the case with a standard OHV 3,500 watt Genset.

Again, I lived through a mass power outage for a week. I saw the fallacy of large generators in practice when fuel is not readily available.