I havn't tried a fridge on 1000 watts. Might work, never know. For power
cuts in the winter, fuel based light is good, as it produces heat. Candles,
oil lamps, camping mantle lanterns, and so on. 1000 watts will run most
furnaces for heat. But not for AC. Food outside in the cold is good idea.
Use of resources.

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"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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A 1000 watt generator could operate lighting but not much more. Forget
the refrigerator. Even a more powerful generator would use more gas to
keep food in the fridge than it would be worth. Better to get a couple
of plastic coolers and put the food outside during the outage. Consider
any frozen food as lost (unless it is below zero outside). For lights,
get an inverter and a couple of deep cycle batteries. This arrangement
would give you lights for almost a week if you are careful.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')