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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2755638" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>Craig how much $$$ do you plan on spending for a back up electrical system????</p><p>How many times a year do you expect on using backup power?</p><p>If you have 15 to 30 minutes loss several times a year do you want to spend $20K?</p><p>Genrac has programs to figure out what you may want.</p><p>Personally we put a transfer Switch in the basement and power cable to the garage. When the power goes out I just wheel out the DuroMax, turn the key, plug the main power cable in and flip two switches. Runs the whole house and gas tank (8 gal) lasts 8-12 hours. We have several 55 gal drums in the woods with pure avgas 100 octane so can run over several weeks and much longer if only running 1/2 a day plus have two vehicles that can siphon gas out of. Have enough Dry food and freezer food to last several months,</p><p>Had several events that lasted several days with no power and no road access due to ice snow and downed trees and power lines .Roads were shut down.</p><p>You know all our neighbors were lining up for food, water and warmth. </p><p>Till this day the same neighbors have no emergency plan. OH they do - GO to Len & Jill's <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2755638, member: 116439"] Craig how much $$$ do you plan on spending for a back up electrical system???? How many times a year do you expect on using backup power? If you have 15 to 30 minutes loss several times a year do you want to spend $20K? Genrac has programs to figure out what you may want. Personally we put a transfer Switch in the basement and power cable to the garage. When the power goes out I just wheel out the DuroMax, turn the key, plug the main power cable in and flip two switches. Runs the whole house and gas tank (8 gal) lasts 8-12 hours. We have several 55 gal drums in the woods with pure avgas 100 octane so can run over several weeks and much longer if only running 1/2 a day plus have two vehicles that can siphon gas out of. Have enough Dry food and freezer food to last several months, Had several events that lasted several days with no power and no road access due to ice snow and downed trees and power lines .Roads were shut down. You know all our neighbors were lining up for food, water and warmth. Till this day the same neighbors have no emergency plan. OH they do - GO to Len & Jill's 🤣 [/QUOTE]
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