Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/12/2018 9:42 AM, True North wrote:

Struggled last January trying to decide between the EU2000i and the
larger 2800 inverter unit. Bought the nice little suitcase model but I'm
sure if we have another extended outage, I'll be kicking my butt.



This stuff is probably only interesting to nerds like me and Greg. We
both seem to get a kick out of trying to get the most for the least
in generators.

For most, I'd just recommend getting the biggest generator you can
afford or want and be happy with it. A whole house generator like
Harry's is really nice to have but for people like me it's more fun
trying to get by on the little ones, especially given that the need for
them is so rare.

Maybe after a few more winters, some long term outages (and more
miles on me) I may spring for a whole house generator. They
are popular and have come down in price somewhat but it still
kills me that they sit, unused, for months or years other than
to start up and run for 10 minutes once a week.








Here, I use the generator with the camper and figure the only long term
usage I would really need is if we get a bad earthquake. We can live
without AC. Only run mine a few weeks a year. Pool would be a problem.
Luckily earthquakes of that magnitude are a long time between them.
Unlike your hurricanes, and ice storms.