[Evans, Marv]

As a matter of fact, we just had out power turned on again a couple of hours ago after being off for almost three days. This is the second time this has happened this winter. Plus we've had several complete days of outage because they're replacing wood poles with steel ones. This is all to prevent the poles from burning in case of fire. The multiple day outages are because of high winds coupled with high fire danger periods, which is probably an ongoing situation. I have a 10 kW generator powering six circuits on a 7.5 kW transfer box. I bought both knowing I needed a backup but not knowing exactly how much & what for at the time. The house is all electric, & for this reason I'm considering a diesel backup of 15 to 25 kW for the whole house & pressure pump. The setup now takes care of fridge, freezer, some lights, & plugins, but when we go for days without power, it's a real bother. I'd look at what you want to power and decide on the size of generator. The only reason you'd want a whole house setup would be if you go through times of multiple day outages.