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Originally Posted by batman911
Anyone know the price range of installed whole house generators? I would not rely on natural gas as a fuel source. Natural gas service can be lost in a wide spread electrical outage. Better to bury a large propane tank.
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Not cheap. About $4,000 for a 16,000 watt generator with a 100 amp switch box which will only cover part of your house, maybe $1,000 to wire it all up and move the necessary circuts, and who knows how much for an underground tank large enough to run for how many days. You'd probably want a tank with 1/3 more capacity than you would need for the duration of your anticipated outage. The gererator exercises itself each week so it is constantly using fuel and thus your tank is never full.