Now that the power cut season will soon be here again I've been thinking
about getting one of those small petrol driven generators which could be put
to good use as well as acting as an emergency electricity supply - basically
running the central heating and some lighting.

In use, is it simply a matter of connecting an 'extension lead' with
trailing bank of sockets to the generator and using this in the house to
plug in your essentials? Or is there a way of putting some sort of
permanent system in the house which can be connected to the generator?

Sorry if this sounds a bit vague.....

Thanks
Tony