Jefftowz
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Looking to buy a emergency generator for the house, just to run a fan or 2 and the refrigerator.... Any thoughts?
What kind of wattage?
What we have set up at my Ca house, is a Yamaha 4500 watt generator, it has a 30 amp twist loc plug And I plug that into my 30 amp RV socket tied to the house.
you have to shut your main breaker off to only Feed your house and and Make sure all heavy use items are shut off ac pool pump hot tub etc, you will need to keep the 2 pole breakers turned on to get power to both legs of your electrical panel.
make sure you have extra fuel at the house at all times At least 10 gallons!!! Or be able to use propane and fuel (gas ) , some gen sets are multi fuel
propane is a great fuel for generator as it can sit forever and not go bad.
That's how I have mine set up too.What we have set up at my Ca house, is a Yamaha 4500 watt generator, it has a 30 amp twist loc plug And I plug that into my 30 amp RV socket tied to the house.
you have to shut your main breaker off to only Feed your house and and Make sure all heavy use items are shut off ac pool pump hot tub etc, you will need to keep the 2 pole breakers turned on to get power to both legs of your electrical panel.
make sure you have extra fuel at the house at all times At least 10 gallons!!! Or be able to use propane and fuel (gas ) , some gen sets are multi fuel
propane is a great fuel for generator as it can sit forever and not go bad.
Looking to buy a emergency generator for the house, just to run a fan or 2 and the refrigerator.... Any thoughts?
I got this a few ago. Super quiet. Highly reviewed.
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I would do it right. Generac 22K, (19K on natural gas I believe). Whole house, automatic transfer switch. Installed for around $7500. Run everything including the A/C. I did this in my arrowhead house. Can't tell you how many times it paid off!
Not in Ut most of the time either wind or one of our good Mormons had to much to drinkKeep in mind that most of the time your power is shut off is due to high temperatures and more power demandeading to rolling blackouts or over stressed transformers.
Keep that in mind when your sitting there in front of that little fan...
I never experienced anything like that. Most of the time power was out for a few hours, maybe a 12? I guess you could calculate daily cost by flow, (units), per hour times cost per unit? In arrowhead we were more concerned about winter months and keeping us warm and the pipes from freezing. Down in the flat land obviously would be more concerned with the summer months and running the AC, which I'm sure would use more gas running the ac compressor than the heater. Worth checking into. I'm sure they have an app to monitor the use?I had a customer over in VOE with a natural gas auto generator. Back in 2003 or 4 had a $ 2000 gas bill one month years ago and she wasn't even there. Power was out for two and a half weeks.
I would get a 3000 Watt Honda or take a hard look at Yahama. If you have time wait for a Honda EX4500 to come up for sale. 4000 continuous running watts, electric start, and quiet. Only downside is no pull start.
Harbor Freight - Predator 3500 inverter. $750 and it’ll run your fridge, fans, lights, etc. quiet like a Honda without the 3000 price tagLooking to buy a emergency generator for the house, just to run a fan or 2 and the refrigerator.... Any thoughts?
I got this a few months ago. Super quiet. Highly reviewed.
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This is the one Jeff. Keep Stabil in the tank and fire it up once a month
I just got a Westinghouse 2500. I like it. More power than Honda about the same noise. Half price of Honda.
i did the Honda 2200 and did a propane conversion, this way i can run gas or propane, with propane i never need to worry about it going bad
If your not going to move it around constantly buy the predator 3500. That’s what I was going to do but it’s to big for my use.
Anybody looking for a low cost inverter generator this thing's on sale today only (Home Depot) - super low price of $299.99
Sportsman 2,200/1,800-Watt Gasoline Powered Recoil Start Portable Digital Inverter Generator with Parallel Capability 802870 - The Home Depot
Fire up this Sportsman Series 2200 surge-watt inverter generator at football games, on camping trips or even at home. Equipped with 1,800 running Watt, this generator runs for seven hours at 50% load.www.homedepot.com
Not for sale in CA...not CARB approved