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KILBOTz posted...

My 5000 watts is good enough for natural gas furnace, natural gas tankless water heater, pretty much full kitchen. fridge and ovens work, i wouldn't use a toaster or microwave, though.

Then my living room, running through an APC (dont want your electronics fed directly by most generators, too many power spikes, though some higher end ones you can plug directly into), and then the master bedroom works too.

10-15k watts is normally what you need for a full house.

Thanks dude, do you mind if I ask a ton of questions?

So you have a transfer switch, how much did that cost and/or cost to get installed? And that basically means you plug your generator in and (some of your) circuits run on the generator?

So you turn your living room circuit on and plug the apc into the wall, then electronics into that?

How big is your tank and how long did it last you?

Sorry for the barrage of questions dude, just curious. This weather event I've been lucky but I hate losing power

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