There are two people at my house,my dear wife and myself.We are not drunks and certainly not children.It might not be the perfect set up but works well for us.We have been at this for a few years and she can get powered up just about as fast as I can.I have a 6500 watt genny and we just go about business as usual.We don't try to run all the stuff in house at same time but we don't do that when we are on the grid either.I have # 4 wire from genny to the stove powered female plug and the cord is long enuff for the genny to set outside.I am not saying that this is the correct way to do it just saying it works for us