On Sat, 25 May 2019 13:02:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/25/2019 12:02 PM, wrote:

I lived without one for 33 years and Irma was really the only time I
needed it. After Charley the lights were back in a day. We went to bed
in the dark and the power coming on woke us up. The only reason I
bought one was someone made me a deal I couldn't refuse ($300 for one
new in a 10 year old box). He bought it after Charley (2004) and sold
it to me in 2014, never having even started it. He had oil in it and
pulled it over every year or two but did not put gas in it. .


That's why I don't want to invest in a big whole house unit for $5k to
$10k installed. Would be cheaper to fly north of a week until the power
comes on.

I feel the same way about a bigger gen set. 5.5kw seems to be plenty
for that once every 30 year storm that knocks the power out more than
a few hours. The strange thing is my ex up in Maryland seems to have
more need than me, mostly because they have a lot more blackouts and
they are usually in the winter where survival starts looking more
important.