On Dec 20, 4:08*pm, (---MIKE---) wrote:
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')

I have a 19.5 cu ft frige that pulls 120 watts, maybe 600 surge, 100w
of cfl= 400 watts, hows a frige an issue or a tv.