Generator Cost Per Hour

MrWizard wrote:
i think most people consider the 'cost of the generator' (up front cost)'procurement' as 'capital investment'
cost of operation is fuel, maintenance, and repairs

What's really nice is that we're all free to look at it the way that we think is logical for ourselves. I do this, and I'm ofter wrong. When I put a battery backed PV system on the house I questioned myself over its ~20 year financial breakeven point. What I didn't consider was its value as a (almost) whole house UPS. When we have a power outage the transfer relay kicks over to battery power and we usually don't even know the power is out. To me, that convenience has a few thousand $ value I never considered. Similarly, when I bought the eu2000i 14 years ago, the small fortune was hard to swallow. In addition to its intended RV use, I occasionally use it as a convenience for things I never foresaw. Value I never considered. And I didn't expect it to last for this long, so now I view it as "free generator".