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The Daring Dufas[_6_]

wrote:
Erma1ina wrote:

First, you must ask yourself EXACTLY what you want to power and
prioritize the importance of each. Only then will you be able to get
useful advice on how to generate the necessary power.

Personally, I believe a small Honda (I own an EU2000i) MAY be the most
simple, reliable, least hastle-prone solution (it was for me) but NOONE
will be able to give you good advice until YOU are able to identify your
needs and wants.

Agree

Well Id need to keep warm..... I guess that "could" be
a electric heater rather than trying to power gas
furnace... but then the amp draw would be tremendous.
Yes?

And would need 'some" light..... ability run small
microwave to cook with

It's been more than 20 years but I remember
running a small house off a little Honda
generator in the attic. I had a box fan in
the gable vent that always ran whenever the
generator was on. It was one of those strange
times when a damn hippie house mate screwed
things up with the power company so bad that
the utility demanded a huge cash deposit to
restore the power. Life is such a wild mix of
experiences.

TDD