[Deschodt]

Thanks a lot guys, makes sense...

Honestly my option#1 was full house, set and forget and invite the neighbors to sip a cold beverage during the next outage, but I was assuming under $10K. $25K is stupid money and serious margins IMO.

Solar was never really in the cards, it's 30-40K all done with powerwalls and I may not live here forever, and it may cause roofing issues (like, hell, let's redo the roof while we're at it).

We went 5 days without power last year on fire risk shutdowns, this year not so bad but lost it 2-3 times and each time it's a rat's nest of power cords and young kids freaking out. Now that I work from home full time I really need a more practical solutions than a cord thru the window and exhaust smell. A transfer switch for my generator is a good cheap solution, clean... I put a deposit for it tonight after reading all the posts.. The unplanned issue was the 120V vs 240 that will require me to buy a new generator. I can resell the honda I guess. Seems like the least crazy solution for an occasional outage - $3500 all in, I'm guessing, with a permanent enclosure on the side of the house near the panel. I love Hondas but paying $4500 for a 7000i that'll run at worst a week a year isn't smart allocation of resources, I also need a set of pilot sport 4S ;-)

Thank you to DPMulvan for confirming the 120-240V that I did not understand!