Generators..What to Purchase
We know nothing about generators but are doing some research. Need to purchase one for emergency use and to use for beach camping. How big do we need to go to run a 15K AC and a few misc. items???
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j-d wrote:
Then recently, a 220 unit could be connected to both 110 legs of a house breaker panel WITH PROPER DISCONNECTION FROM THE GRID!!! Still couldn't heat water or run A/C, but way better than having only half the light switches in the house dead...
Where I live, power outages occur at the time of year the A/C unit is covered up for the season. Wind, Rain, and Cold Weather mean "Furnace" and in my case I just run an extension cord from my Inverter (3500 W) to run the fan on my gas furnace.
Record power outage for my house was 3 days back before I owned a generator. Luckily we had a fireplace. At times like that I don't care as much about whether or not the light switches work, I'll use a battery powered "Lantern". The Furnace is definitely missed but no more.
