On 9/21/2011 8:22 AM, Han wrote:
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Having enjoyed about one-third of our lives on generator power, we
decided to enter the discussion.

Thanks for the informative and comprehensive post. The difficulties you
point out have indeed prevented me from going forward with getting a gen
set. That and the uncertainty what capacity I really need, e.g. should it
be able to run my whole house A/C?


Decent post but not aimed at occasional needs that I have.

To test it by running under load for a half hour twice a month would be
a PITA and use more gas than I usually use in a year.

Also if I ran mine full time, it would cost $900 to 1,200/month
depending on price of gasoline. Not to even count oil changes specified
every 25 hours. Plus, it is only big enough to power half my house.

I run mine every couple of months just to clear gas in carburetor and
sometimes under load to run yard equipment.