[Crowbob]

OMG another gererator thread!

In a long-term power outage, like a week or more, you can get by with powering up a typical home for 4 hours/day with a genset. Two hours in the AM for breakfasts, morning ablutions, freezers and fridges, etc. Two hours at night to charge batteries, lights, meals, freezers and fridges and whatever else is needed before lights out (pardon the pun).

It is, after all, an emergency.

I burn about one gal/hour of diesel in my tractor at full tilt to run an 8kw PTO genny. The tractor holds 5gals and I keep 15 gals on hand. So that’s 20 gals = 5 days in comfort enough for a family to stay clean, warm and fed in winter.

In summer, a power outage wouldn’t hardly be noticeable except for hot/cold running water, battteries and reefers.